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FESTERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fluid product of inflammation
Synonyms:
festering; ichor; purulence; pus; sanies; suppuration
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("festering" is a kind of...):
bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "festering"):
gleet (a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Synonyms:
festering; maturation; suppuration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("festering" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Derivation:
fester (ripen and generate pus)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb fester
