قَيْحٌ
Root: قيح
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قَيْحٌ
Thick purulent matter (مِدَّةٌ) unmixed with blood; white, thick [matter], unmixed with blood: or, as some say, [contr. to the generality of the lexicographers,] thin matter (صَدِيد) like water, in which is a
شُكْلَة [ or small admixture, or tinge of the red and white hue,] of blood.
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