What is "festering" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does festering mean in English? Meaning of festering definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "festering" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "festering": (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

Noun

  • Meaning: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
  • Synonyms: festering maturation suppuration
  • Hypernyms: activity bodily function bodily process body process
  • Meaning of "festering": a fluid product of inflammation

    Noun

  • Meaning: a fluid product of inflammation
  • Synonyms: festering ichor purulence pus sanies suppuration
  • Hyponyms: gleet
  • Hypernyms: bodily fluid body fluid humor humour liquid body substance
  • Synonyms:

    smolder, blister, chafe, aggravate, decay, gather, canker, gall, irk, maturate, ulcer, putrefy, suppurate, rot, rankle, ulcerate,

    Antonyms:

    improve, grow, delight, heal, lessen, make happy, build, flourish, please, dissipate, get better,

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