different between ichor vs ichorous

English

Etymology

Sense 1 (“liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods”) is borrowed from Medieval Latin ichor, from Ancient Greek ????? (?kh?r, “fluid running through the veins of gods, ichor; watery part of blood, lymph, serum; watery part of milk, whey; gravy; pus; naphtha”); further etymology unknown, probably from Pre-Greek.

Sense 2.4 (“fetid, watery discharge from a sore”) is from Middle English icor, icore [and other forms], from Medieval Latin ichor; see further above.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?k??/, /-k?/, /??k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?k??/

Noun

ichor (countable and uncountable, plural ichors)

1. (Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. [from late 17th c.]
2. (by extension)
   1. (chiefly poetic) The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma.
   2. (chiefly poetic, figuratively) A blood-like fluid.
   3. (geology, archaic) A fluid believed to seep out from magma and cause rock to turn into granite.
   4. (pathology, obsolete) A fetid, watery discharge from a sore; pus.

      Synonym: sanies

Derived terms

• ichorhaemia, ichorhemia, ichorrhaemia (dated)
• ichoroid
• ichorous
• petrichor

Translations

References

Further reading

• ichor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chiro, chiro-, choir, chori

English

Etymology

ichor +? -ous

Adjective

ichorous (comparative more ichorous, superlative most ichorous)

1. Resembling or relating to ichor.