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sanies
[ sey-nee-eez ]
noun
, Pathology.
- a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
sanies
/ ˈseɪnɪˌiːz /
noun
- pathol a thin greenish foul-smelling discharge from a wound, ulcer, etc, containing pus and blood
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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
Empima (empyema) is the hawking-up of sanies, with infection of the lung and a sanious habit.
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In three or four days, an oozing sanies appears under the animal and soaks the sand to some distance.
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They want something different: a wounded, a dying grub; a corpse dissolving into sanies.
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I expected to see them putrefying, running into sanies, like corpses left to rot in the open air.
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Can the worm, constantly floundering in the sanies of a carcass, be itself in danger of inoculation by that whereon it grows fat?
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