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i·chor

(ī′kôr′, ī′kər)

1. Greek Mythology The rarefied fluid said to run in the veins of the gods.

2. A watery, acrid discharge from a wound or ulcer.

[Middle English icor, from Late Latin īchōr, from Greek īkhōr.]

i′chor·ous (ī′kər-əs) adj.

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ichor

(ˈaɪkɔː)

1. (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the fluid said to flow in the veins of the gods

2. (Pathology) pathol a foul-smelling watery discharge from a wound or ulcer

[C17: from Greek ikhōr, of obscure origin]

ˈichorous adj

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i•chor

(ˈaɪ kɔr, ˈaɪ kər)

n.

1. the ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the ancient Greek gods.

2. the watery ooze of a wound.

[1630–40; < Late Latin īchōr < Greek īchṓr]

i•chor•ous (ˈaɪ kər əs) adj.

ichor

a thin watery substance discharged from wounds or ulcers. See also god and gods. — ichorous, adj.

See also: Body, Human

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Noun	1.	ichor - (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks fluid - a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
	2.	ichor - a fluid product of inflammation sanies, suppuration, festering, purulence, pus bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor - the liquid parts of the body gleet - a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea

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The point tore through the ambrosial robe which the Graces had woven for her, and pierced the skin between her wrist and the palm of her hand, so that the immortal blood, or ichor, that flows in the veins of the blessed gods, came pouring from the wound; for the gods do not eat bread nor drink wine, hence they have no blood such as ours, and are immortal.

So saying, she wiped the ichor from the wrist of her daughter with both hands, whereon the pain left her, and her hand was healed.

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