傷きず咎とがめ

noun

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.

• 傷きず咎とがめがひどくなって、熱ねつが出でた。

  The inflamed wound got worse and I developed a fever.

• 昔むかしの人ひとは傷きず咎とがめに薬やく草そうを使つかった。

  People in the old days used medicinal herbs for festering wounds.