ichorous

1. 1.

   of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies

   “an ichorous discharge”

   “the sanious discharge from an ulcer”

   Synonymssanious

Questions about ichorous

What does ichorous mean?

ichorous means "of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies".

How many syllables are in ichorous?

ichorous has 3 syllables: i-cho-rous. The stress falls on "i".

What is another word for ichorous?

Close synonyms include sanious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ichorous a common word?

ichorous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.