ichor noun. ['ʌɪkɔ:] M17.
[Greek ikhōr.]
1. Blood; a liquid likened to the blood of animals. Now literary. M17.
■ J. Fuller The sweat gathered..as if some precious ichor of the spirit were being pressed.

2. Medicine. A watery discharge from a wound or sore. arch. M17.

3. Greek Mythology. A fluid supposed to flow like blood in the veins of the gods. L17.

4. Geology. An emanation from magma supposed by some to cause granitization. E20.

■ ichorose adjective ichorous E-M18.

■ ichorous adjective of the nature of ichor; containing ichor: M17.

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