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Definition of ichor : 1. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
2. An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.

Synonyms:

festering, purulence, purulency, maturation, pus, suppuration, sanies

Usage examples:

• For nearly six months he was detained at Bambarre from ulcers in the feet, which discharged bloody ichor as soon as he set them on the ground. - "How I Found Livingstone", Sir Henry M. Stanley.
• The blood is changed to strange, ethereal ichor, the pulse beats a tune that is as old as the Earth itself, but yet eternally new. - "The Dop Doctor", Clotilde Inez Mary Graves.
• Doubtless it is for every implication that all vegetation is of one ichor with humanity; but the waiter was honester than the pease. - "Imaginary Interviews", W. D. Howells.