festering

Meanings

Plural: festerings

Noun

• (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
• a fluid product of inflammation
• The condition of something that festers.

Verb

• ripen and generate pus
  • "her wounds are festering"
• present participle and gerund of fester

Synonyms

fester, festerment, ichor, maturate, maturation, purulence, pus, sanies, suppurate, suppuration