sanious
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sanious
Example Sentences
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The Scar of it swells, inflames, bursts open, and weeps out a sharp, fœtid, and sanious, or somewhat bloody Humour.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
Rupia, rōō′pi-a, n. a severe form of skin disease, with flattish distinct bull� or blebs, containing a serous, purulent, or sanious fluid, becoming thick scabs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
These pustules break, discharging a thin, sanious fluid, leaving minute ulcers in their places.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert
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 Reeks, Harry Caulton
These discharge, and are studded with, whitish granules or black, roe-like masses, mixed with a sanious or sero-purulent fluid.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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