FESTERING

pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering

(noun) a fluid product of inflammation

festering, suppuration, maturation

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

festering

present participle of fester

Noun

festering (plural festerings)

The condition of something that festers.

Synonyms

• fester

• festerment

Anagrams

• gnetifers

Source: Wiktionary

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FESTER

Fes"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Festered; p. pr. & vb. n. Festering.] Etym: [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See Fester, n.]

1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton. Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South. Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay.

2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.

Fes`ter, v. t.

Definition: To cause to fester or rankle. For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And fstered ranking malice in my breast. Marston.

Fes"ter, n. Etym: [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula.]

1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharge corrupt matter; a pustule.

2. A festering or rankling. The fester of the chain their necks. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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