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Princeton's WordNet

  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

Wikipedia

  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.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Festering

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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. Minerliz Soriano:

    It's been an open festering wound, minnie.

  2. Bill Barr:

    My basic take was that this was not civil unrest or the product of some festering injustice. This was gang activity, basically opportunistic.

  3. Former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer:

    Given my desire to resolve a festering issue, I tried to find a way that would prevent the president from further involvement while trying all avenues to get Gallaghers file in front of a peer-review board, why? The Naval Special Warfare [NSW]community owns the Trident pin, not the secretary of the Navy, not the defense secretary, not even the president.If the review board concluded that Gallagher deserved to keep it, so be it.

  4. Bill Clinton:

    Whatever your issue, your cause, the festering problem you hoped would be resolved, the political class has failed you, that’s what Donald Trump has tapped into.

  5. 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.

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