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

Derived Forms

• ˈichorous, adjective

Other Words From

• i·chor·ous [ahy, -ker-, uh, s], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ichor¹

1630–40; < Late Latin īchōr (in medical sense) < Greek īchṓr

Word History and Origins

Origin of ichor¹

C17: from Greek ikhōr, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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