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    ICHOR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A fluid product of inflammationplay

    Synonyms:

    festering; ichor; purulence; pus; sanies; suppuration

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("ichor" is a kind of...):

    bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ichor"):

    gleet (a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea)

    Derivation:

    ichorous (of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Godsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("ichor" is a kind of...):

    fluid (a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure)

    Domain category:

    Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

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