1
: a thin watery or blood-tinged discharge
2
: an ethereal fluid taking the place of blood in the veins of the ancient Greek gods
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In a sense, this ichor functioned like a power source or electricity, circulating through the robot’s bronze limbs and fueling his movements and actions.
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Sofia Giannuzzi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
With sweat and ichor spewing everywhere, referee Harvey Dock got to double-dutchin’ in and out of the middle of the two gladiators before he finally, mercifully, stopped the fight.
—Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
Books In a Korean author’s U.S. debut, uncanny pleasures rear their ugly heads Dec. 9, 2022 Weirdness has its own conventions; horror makes much of ichor and tentacles, of slithering and maws in the wrong places.
—Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
Those films revel in slime, ichor and disgust.
—Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2021
Even many people who claim to be critical thinkers dive into the ichor and become part of it.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2012
Talos was eventually deactivated by the witch Medea, who (in one version of the myth) removed a bronze rivet on his ankle and drained out the ichor that powered his movement.
—Peter Thonemann, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
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Sofia Giannuzzi, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
With sweat and ichor spewing everywhere, referee Harvey Dock got to double-dutchin’ in and out of the middle of the two gladiators before he finally, mercifully, stopped the fight.
—Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
Books In a Korean author’s U.S. debut, uncanny pleasures rear their ugly heads Dec. 9, 2022 Weirdness has its own conventions; horror makes much of ichor and tentacles, of slithering and maws in the wrong places.
—Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
Those films revel in slime, ichor and disgust.
—Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2021
Even many people who claim to be critical thinkers dive into the ichor and become part of it.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2012
Talos was eventually deactivated by the witch Medea, who (in one version of the myth) removed a bronze rivet on his ankle and drained out the ichor that powered his movement.
—Peter Thonemann, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Ichor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ichor. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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ichor
noun
ˈī-ˌkȯ(ə)r 
-kər
: a fluid taking the place of blood in the veins of the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology
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