HUMORAL

humoral

(adjective) of or relating to bodily fluids

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

humoral (not comparable)

(pathology, physiology) Relating to the body fluids or humours

Source: Wiktionary


Hu"mor*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. humoral.]

Definition: Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever. Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors of the body.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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