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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ahy-kawr, ahy-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪ kɔr, ˈaɪ kər



Definition of ichorous

Origin :
  • 1630s, from Greek ikhor, of unknown origin, possibly from a non-Indo-European language. The fluid that serves for blood in the veins of the gods. Related: Ichorous.
  • As in liquid : adj fluid, flowing, melting
Example sentences :
  • The intestinal contents in such cases were not colorless, but consisted of a sanguinolent, ichorous, putrid fluid.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 » by Various
  • These excavations communicate with the cavity of the stomach, and are usually filled with ichorous pus.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • They constantly afford means of exit to the pus or ichorous material discharged by the unhealthy parts below.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
  • If furuncles incline to become carbunculous, the ichorous matter is speedily changed to good pus, and all danger is averted.
  • Extract from : « Apis Mellifica » by C. W. Wolf
  • If the cracks are deep, with an ichorous discharge and considerable lameness, it will be necessary to poultice the heel.
  • Extract from : « Domestic Animals » by Richard L. Allen
  • Inflammation of the skin is caused by the flowing out of the purulent and ichorous liquid secreted.
  • Extract from : « Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated » by Max Birnbaum
  • The surface is reddish and granular, and secretes an ichorous discharge.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • It is possible that those agencies producing an ichorous pus are the same or different from those present in bland pus.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
  • Suppuration is followed by the discharge of an ichorous pus, and not rarely by ulcerative destruction of the surrounding tissues.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
  • It now remains to be shown how the introduction of ichorous pus acts in the production of pymia multiplex.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various

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