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ichor

In Greek mythology, an ethereal fluid which flowed in the veins of the gods instead of blood. In medicine, it describes a thin, serous, or sanious fluid from a sore or wound.



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So saying, she wiped the ichor from the wrist of her daughter with both hands, whereon the pain left her, and her hand was healed.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
Once having tasted this immortal ichor, he cannot have enough of it, and as an admirable creative power exists in these intellections, it is of the last importance that these things get spoken.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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