saniousadj.
/ˈseɪnɪəs/, U.S. /ˈseɪniəs/ Of the nature of sanies; consisting of, or containing sanies; yielding a discharge of sanies.
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fouleOE
festereda1398
quitterya1398
quittorousa1398
festrya1400
purulent?a1425
suppurate?a1425
matterativec1487
mattereda1500
mattery1527
attery1535
sanious1562
festering1563
matterish1566
infestered1570
ulcerated1580
suppurated1583
sordid1597
corsie1605
fistulating1607
rankling1631
suppurable1634
rancorous1635
undercotted1636
undercotting1637
suppuratory1659
puriform1668
quittorish1668
suppurating1671
scandalous1676
suppurative1746
suppurant1799
gleety1822
puruloid1846
pyoid1846
colloid substance1849
peptic1884
pussy1888
maturable1889
fretty1894
1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. 22v, in Bulwarke of Defence Take heede..that passage be left in the loweste parte, for sanious matter.
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. ii. iv. 177 I was sent for, and observing the Ulcer sanious, proposed Digestion.
?1780 W. Cowper Recipr. Kindness 15 The cure was wrought; he wip'd the sanious blood.
1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xviii. 236 Cells..containing a sanious fluid.
1884 M. Mackenzie Man. Dis. Throat & Nose II. 394 The ulcer presenting the well-known raised, hard, ragged edges, and sanious base.
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