Hyper Dictionary

English Dictionary Computer Dictionary Thesaurus Dream Dictionary Medical Dictionary


Search Dictionary:  

Meaning of ICHOR

Pronunciation:  'Ikor

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a fluid product of inflammation
  2. [n]  (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods
 
 Sponsored Links: 
 
 Synonyms: festering, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration
 
 See Also: bodily fluid, body fluid, fluid, gleet, humor, humour, liquid body substance

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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, Rh factor, Rhesus factor, rheum, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, running, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum, snot, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, type O, urine, venous blood, white corpuscle
 

 

 

 

COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. HOME | ABOUT HYPERDICTIONARY