ichor

noun5

1. •
   The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.

   • This said, she wip’d from Venus’ wounded Palm / The sacred Ichor, and infus’d the Balm. — 1716
2. •
   (literary) The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma.
3. •
   (literary, figurative) A blood-like fluid.

   • Go bring him [an ant] home to his people. / Lay him in state on a sepal. / Wrap him for shroud in a petal. / Embalm him with ichor of nettle. — 1936
4. •
   (no longer used) A fluid believed to seep out from magma and cause rock to turn into granite.
5. •
   (no longer used) A fetid, watery discharge from a sore; pus.