English Explanatory Dictionary

humoral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the body fluids or humours.
  2. Pertaining to humorism. (The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.)

Word forms

humoral humoural

Etymology

From Middle English humerale, humorale, humoural, from Middle French humoral and Medieval Latin hūmorālis, from Latin hūmor. By surface analysis, humor + -al.

Derived words

biohumoral humoral immunity humoralism humoralist humorality immunohumoral neurohumoral nonhumoral
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