ichor

Senso (Inglese)

1. (Greek, countable, uncountable) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
2. (broadly, countable, poetic, uncountable) The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma.
3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable) A blood-like fluid.
4. (archaic, broadly, countable, uncountable) A fluid believed to seep out from magma and cause rock to turn into granite.
5. (broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable) A fetid, watery discharge from a sore; pus.

Concetti

icore

pus

materia

materia purulenta

marciume

sinonimi

pus

suppuration

sanies

festering

purulence

sloppy

wet

gleet

yellow bile

atter

Traduzioni

pus

πύον

pus

pus

irin

icor

pus

supuració

πύο

purulència

ιχώρ

قيح

bile jaune

ορρός αίματος

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈaɪkɔː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: icor

In summary

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 ῑ̓χώρ (īkhṓr, “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.