Definitions for festering
fes·ter·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. festering, suppuration, maturationnoun

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

2. pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festeringnoun

   a fluid product of inflammation

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1. festering

   Gangrene is a type of tissue death caused by a lack of blood supply. Symptoms may include a change in skin color to red or black, numbness, swelling, pain, skin breakdown, and coolness. The feet and hands are most commonly affected. If the gangrene is caused by an infectious agent, it may present with a fever or sepsis.Risk factors include diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, smoking, major trauma, alcoholism, HIV/AIDS, frostbite, influenza, dengue fever, malaria, chickenpox, plague, hypernatremia, radiation injuries, meningococcal disease, Group B streptococcal infection and Raynaud's syndrome. It can be classified as dry gangrene, wet gangrene, gas gangrene, internal gangrene, and necrotizing fasciitis. The diagnosis of gangrene is based on symptoms and supported by tests such as medical imaging.Treatment may involve surgery to remove the dead tissue, antibiotics to treat any infection, and efforts to address the underlying cause. Surgical efforts may include debridement, amputation, or the use of maggot therapy. Efforts to treat the underlying cause may include bypass surgery or angioplasty. In certain cases, hyperbaric oxygen therapy may be useful. How commonly the condition occurs is unknown.

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1. festering

   Festering generally refers to becoming worse or more intense, typically through long-term neglect or indifference. It is often used to describe a negative situation, feeling, or wound that's not properly dealt with, consequently worsening over time. The term originates from the medical terminology, where a 'festering wound' means an infection filled with pus that is not healing.

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1. Festering

   of Fester

Matched Categories

1. • Bodily Process
   • Liquid Body Substance
   • Medicine

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of festering in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of festering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of festering in a Sentence

1. Attorney General Bill Barr:

   Some people would probably disagree with what I told him, but I did lay a lot of it on gang activity, my basic take was that this was not civil unrest or the product of some festering injustice. This was gang activity, basically opportunistic.

2. Minerliz Soriano:

   It's been an open festering wound, minnie.

3. Jennifer McClellan:

   I think this is a first step in beginning the process to heal wounds that have been festering for 400 years, now we can finally begin the process of healing that wound. This can not be the only step.

4. Jessica Vaughan:

   This is a serious problem that has been festering for years, but is getting worse as countries realize that they can get away with just refusing to accept back their citizens who are criminals, what is equally frustrating is that the Obama administration has continuously refused to use the tools that Congress has provided and the leverage that we have with many of the recalcitrant countries, even as the roster of victims from these criminal aliens grows longer every month.

5. Jessica Vaughan:

   I think they don't want to be seen issuing a report that no matter how they spin it points to a dramatic drop in enforcement of immigration laws at the same time there's this festering crisis at the border.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=festering
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festering
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/festering