Ichor

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ichor \I"chor\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'ichw`r: cf. F. ichor.]
     1. (Class. Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place
        of blood in the veins of the gods.
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     2. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ichor
       n 1: (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the
            veins of the Gods
       2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: {pus}, {purulence}, {suppuration},
           {sanies}, {festering}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "ichor":
     Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor,
     antibody, antigen, arterial blood, blood, blood bank, blood cell,
     blood count, blood donor, blood donor center, blood group,
     blood grouping, blood picture, blood platelet, blood pressure,
     blood serum, blood substitute, bloodmobile, bloodstream, chyle,
     circulation, clinical dextran, colostrum, dextran, discharge,
     erythrocyte, festering, gleet, globulin, gore, grume, hematics,
     hematologist, hematology, hematoscope, hematoscopy, hemocyte,
     hemoglobin, hemometer, humor, isoantibody, lachryma, lactation,
     leukocyte, leukorrhea, lifeblood, lymph, matter, mattering, milk,
     mucor, mucus, neutrophil, opsonin, peccant humor, phagocyte,
     phlegm, plasma, plasma substitute, purulence, pus, rankling,
     red corpuscle, rheum, running, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum,
     snot, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, type O,
     urine, venous blood, white corpuscle
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  ICHOR, n.  A fluid that serves the gods and goddesses in place of
  blood.
  
      Fair Venus, speared by Diomed,
      Restrained the raging chief and said:
      "Behold, rash mortal, whom you've bled --
      Your soul's stained white with ichorshed!"
                                                               Mary Doke