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Webster 1913 Edition


Sanious

Sa′ni-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
saniosus
, fr.
sanies
: cf. F.
sanieux
.]
1.
(Med.)
Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin and serous, with a slight bloody tinge;
as, the
sanious
matter of an ulcer
.
2.
(med.)
Discharging sanies;
as, a
sanious
ulcer
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sanious

SA'NIOUS

,
Adj.
[from sanies.]
1.
Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin; serous; as the sanious matter of an ulcer.
2.
Running a thin serous matter; as a sanious ulcer.

Definition 2024


sanious

sanious

English

Adjective

sanious (comparative more sanious, superlative most sanious)

  1. Of, relating to, or discharging sanies; ichorous.
    • 1860 January, The American Medical Monthly, Volumes 13-14, page 32,
      Furthermore, I touched with the pure solution the most sanious portions, especially the portions of the bones.
    • 1861, Charles Caillault, Robert Howarth Blake (translator), A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin in Children, page 198,
      The ulcers are then, also, more sanious and humid.
    • 1870 Arthur E. Durham, Diseases of the Nose, Timothy Holmes (editor), A System of Surgery: Theoretical and Practical, Volume 4, page 308,
      The discharge from the nose associated with the presence of a fibrous polypus is as a rule more scanty, and thinner, more sanious, and more liable to become foul and ozamic than the mucous discharge usually associated with the presence of the softer growths.

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