watery secretion from a wound or sore; fluid which flowed in the veins of the gods (Greek Mythology)
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Ichor Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
(n.)
A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
ichor
\i"chor\ (?), n. [nl., fr. gr. &?;: cf. f. ichor.]
1. (class. myth.) an ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
2. a thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
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
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)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
The blood of a god
1. Greek Mythology. The rarefied fluid said to run in the veins of the
gods.
2. Pathology. A watery, acrid discharge from a wound or ulcer.
gods.
2. Pathology. A watery, acrid discharge from a wound or ulcer.
Noun
1. (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods
(hypernym) fluid
(classification) Greek mythology
2. a fluid product of inflammation
(synonym) pus, purulence, suppuration, sanies, festering
(hypernym) liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour
(hyponym) gleet
Ichor Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In Greek mythology, Ichor ( or ; ) is the ethereal golden fluid that is the blood of the gods and/or immortals.
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