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festering

DEFINITIONS OF: festering

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n (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

Synonyms:
maturation, suppuration
Type of:
activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
an organic process that takes place in the body

n a fluid product of inflammation

Synonyms:
ichor, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration
Types:
gleet
a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea
Type of:
bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
the liquid parts of the body
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