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ichor

[ ahy-kawr, ahy-ker ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
  2. Pathology. an acrid, watery discharge, as from an ulcer or wound.


ichor

/ ˈaɪkɔː /

noun

  1. Greek myth the fluid said to flow in the veins of the gods
  2. pathol a foul-smelling watery discharge from a wound or ulcer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈichorous, adjective
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Other Words From

  • i·chor·ous [ahy, -ker-, uh, s], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ichor1

1630–40; < Late Latin īchōr (in medical sense) < Greek īchṓr
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ichor1

C17: from Greek ikhōr, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

From the deep gash flowed a strange ichor, and Khosatral cried out like the dirging of a great bell.

She spoke, and with her palms wiped off the ichor from her hand: the hand was healed, and the severe pains mitigated.

On my way home the blood coursed through my veins like an immortal ichor of the gods, full of sweet and inextinguishable fire.

The peritoneal cavity contained a virulent ichor or thin liquor, yellowish, or greenish.

In other cases this extreme result is not caused and fistulae are formed from which the ichor constantly flows.

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