festering — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The condition of something that festers.

   Examples

   […] discontent would creep in and breed festerings and mortifications in the New Moral World, or else decree its fate more rapidly by effecting its dissolution.

Noun

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

   Synonyms

   suppurationmaturation

   Broader terms

   bodily processbody processbodily functionactivity

2. a fluid product of inflammation

   Synonyms

   puspurulencesuppurationichorsanies

   Broader terms

   liquid body substancebodily fluidbody fluidhumorhumour