sanious

English

Etymology

From sanies +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniəs

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, translated by Robert Howarth Blake, 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”, in 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.

Anagrams

• Siouans, suasion