sanious
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sanious
Example Sentences
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The skin assumes a macerated appearance, and is kept moist by the presence of a sanious discharge from the ulcerated surface.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
When ulceration exists it is dark, fetid or bloody, or sanious and purulent, sometimes it is acrid, excoriating the parts.
From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by B. L. (Benjamin L.) Hill
On the fourth he was cast, and the discharge—partly inflammatory exudate, and partly a sanious foetid pus—liberated.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Harry Caulton Reeks
But the matter became sanious, of a brown colour, and highly putrid.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley
It may be seen through the anterior nares, and may be attended with a sanious discharge from the nose.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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