sanious

American  

[say-nee-uhs] / ˈseɪ ni əs /

adjective

Pathology.

1. characterized by the discharge of sanies.

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Etymology

Origin of sanious

First recorded in 1555–65; sani(es) + -ous

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Example Sentences

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sanious

But the matter became sanious, of a brown colour, and highly putrid.

From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley

This will particularly be the case if the mouth and lips swell, and ulcers begin to appear on them, and the gums ulcerate, and a sanious and highly offensive discharge proceeds from the mouth.

From The Dog by William Youatt

Under this scab the skin ulcerates, leaving small oval sores with sharply bevelled edges, and an uneven floor covered with yellow or sanious pus.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

In from three to six days, the tumefaction around the joint tends to soften at a particular place, and bursts, and a discharge that is sometimes of a sanious character, mixed with synovia, escapes.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

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 Henry Weightman Stelwagon

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