Ichorous (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies; "an ichorous discharge"; "the sanious discharge from an ulcer".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The wound had been festering for days, and now it was oozing an ichorous fluid that seemed to seep into everything.
- After a week of illness, the patient's body began to produce an ichorous mucus that was difficult to expel.
- The surgeon carefully drained the ichorous pus from the abscess, relieved that the infection was finally being addressed.
- The smell of rotting flesh and ichorous discharge filled the air, a potent reminder of the seriousness of the disease.
- The nurse had to clean and dress the ichorous sores on the patient's skin multiple times a day, trying to promote healing and prevent further infection.