sanies

American  

[sey-nee-eez] / ˈseɪ niˌiz /

noun

Pathology.

1. a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.

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sanies British  

/ ˈseɪnɪˌiːz /

noun

1. pathol a thin greenish foul-smelling discharge from a wound, ulcer, etc, containing pus and blood

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Etymology

Origin of sanies

First recorded in 1555–65, sanies is from the Latin word saniēs

Example Sentences

The whole mass of the kernel, therefore, is strongly impregnated with sanies.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Does the insect collect resin impaired by the weather, soiled by the sanies of rotten wood?

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

We then see the Scolia itself turn brown, distended as it is with putrescent foodstuffs, and then cease all movement, without attempting to withdraw from the sanies.

From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The words there are "fel draconum pro vino, pro lacte sanies obtruderetur."

From Notes and Queries, Number 204, September 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Quem superare uolens clypeo, quo conuenit uti, Taurinas intende cutes, corpusque bouinis Tergoribus tegito, nec amaro nuda ueneno Membra patere sinas; sanies, quod conspuit, urit.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.