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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

/ ˈɪɪˌː /

noun

  1. pathol a thin greenish foul-smelling discharge from a wound, ulcer, etc, containing pus and blood
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sanies1

First recorded in 1555–65, sanies is from the Latin word Ծŧ
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sanies1

C16: from Latin, of obscure origin
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Even the sanies of a cancer, when the carrot poultice failed, has been sweetened by it, the pain mitigated, and a better digestion produced.

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

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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. 

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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.

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

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