festering (n.)

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

    [ Syn: suppuration , maturation ]

  2. a fluid product of inflammation

    [ Syn: pus , purulence , suppuration , ichor , sanies ]

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