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sanies

[ sey-nee-eez ]

noun

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


sanies

/ ˈseɪnɪˌiːz /

noun

  1. pathol a thin greenish foul-smelling discharge from a wound, ulcer, etc, containing pus and blood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanies1

First recorded in 1555–65, sanies is from the Latin word saniēs
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sanies1

C16: from Latin, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

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

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

The whole hand was a mass of yellow pus, streaked with sanies, large ulcers were burrowing into the fore-arm, while in the arm-pit was a big abscess. 

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.

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

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