inflamed wound; festering sore
Refers to a wound that has become infected or inflamed, often with pus or swelling. The term is somewhat literary or old-fashioned; in modern medical contexts, 化膿した傷 or similar phrases are more common.
The inflamed wound got worse and I developed a fever.
People in the old days used medicinal herbs for festering wounds.
Formed from 傷 and the noun 咎め, from 咎める in its older sense “to become inflamed or aggravated.”