Lewis Short
(verb) : ex-sănĭo (exan-), āre, sanies
* To free from matter or corruption, to cause to suppurate, to cleanse, dress a wound, etc. (post-Aug.).
* Lit.: vulnus (sal aridus),Cels. 5, 27.—Transf.: pressam bacam,to press out the juice,Col. 12, 47, 10: sinapi,id. 12, 57, 2: salsuram carnis,id. 12, 55, 2: veterani, quamvis confossi, patienter et sine gemitu velut aliena corpora exsaniari patiuntur,Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 3, 1.
* Trop.: amaritudinem et pallorem,i. e. to extract, remove,Col. 12, 55.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary