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Sursanure

Sur′sa-nure

,
Noun.
[(Assumed) OF.
sursaneüre
. See
Sur-
, and
Sane
.]
A wound healed or healing outwardly only.
[Obs.]
Of a
sursanure

In surgery is perilous the cure.
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


sursanure

sursanure

English

Noun

sursanure (plural sursanures)

  1. (obsolete) A scab, or wound which has superficially healed over.
    • Late C14: And wel ye knowe that of a sursanure / In surgerye is perilous the cure — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales