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<h1>Ichor</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I"chor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>ichor</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.</def>

<h1>Ichorh\'91mia</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I`chor*h\'91"mi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ ichor + <?/ blood.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.</def>

<h1>Ichorous</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>I"chor*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ichoreux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or like ichor; thin; watery; serous; sanious.</def>

<h1>Ichthidin</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ich"thi*din</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.</def>

<h1>Ichthin</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ich"thin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ fish.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.</def>

<h1>Ichthulin</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ich"thu*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.</def>

<h1>Ichthus</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ich"thus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for <i>fish</i>, which combined the initials of the Greek words <?/, <?/, <?/ <?/, <?/, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.</def>

<h1>Ichthyic</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ich"thy*ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, a fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like, or pertaining to, fishes.</def>

<h1>Ichthyocol, Ichthyocolla</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw><hw>Ich"thy*o*col</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ich`thy*o*col"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ichthyocolla</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/, <?/, a fish + <?/ glue: cf. F. <ets>ichthyocolle</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.</def>

<h1>Ichthyocoprolite</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ich`thy*o*cop"ro*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, a fish + E. <ets>coprolite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Fossil dung of fishes.</def>

<h1>Ichthyodorulite</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ich`thy*o*dor"u*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, a fish + <?/ a spear + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the spiny plates foundon the back and tail of certain skates.</def>

<h1>Ichthyography</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw>Ich`thy*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/ + <ets>graphy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ichthyographie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A treatise on fishes.</def>

<h1>Ichthyoid, Ichthyoidal</h1> <Xpage=724>

<hw><hw>Ich"thy*oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ich`thy*oid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: <?/, <?/, a fish + <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.</def>

<h1>Ichthyolatry</h1> <Xpage=724>

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