Definitions for festering

Overview of noun festering

The noun festering has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. festering, suppuration, maturation

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

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

(a fluid product of inflammation)

Overview of verb fester

The verb fester has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. fester, maturate, suppurate

(ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering")