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

Underneath, in a pool of sanies, is a surging mass of swarming sterns and pointed heads, which emerge, wriggle and dive in again.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

In three or four days, an oozing sanies appears under the animal and soaks the sand to some distance.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Even the sanies of a cancer, when the carrot poultice failed, has been sweetened by it, the pain mitigated, and a better digestion produced.

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