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festering
 
Noun festering has 2 senses
  1. festering, suppuration, maturation - (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
    --1 is a kind of bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
    Derived form: verb fester1
  2. pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering - a fluid product of inflammation
    --2 is a kind of liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
    --2 has particulars: gleet
Verb fester has 1 sense
  1. fester, maturate, suppurate - ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"
    --1 is one way to discharge, expel, eject, release
    Derived forms: noun festering1, noun fester1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody's (body part) ----s
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