Medical Definition of Fluidism

1. The ancient Greek theory of the four body humors (blood, yellow and black bile, and phlegm) that determined health and disease. The humors were associated with the four elements (air, fire, earth, and water), which in turn corresponded to a pair of the qualities (hot, cold, dry, and moist). A proper and evenly balanced mixture of the humors was characteristic of health of body and mind; an imperfect balance resulted in disease. Temperament of body or mind also was supposed to be determined, e.g., sanguine (blood), choleric (yellow bile), melancholic (black bile), or phlegmatic (phlegm). Synonym: fluidism, humoralism, humorism. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluidism

fluidextracts
fluidglycerates
fluidic
fluidics
fluidification
fluidifications
fluidified
fluidifies
fluidify
fluidifying
fluidise
fluidised
fluidised-bed boiler
fluidises
fluidising
fluidism (current term)
fluidities
fluidity
fluidization
fluidizations
fluidize
fluidized
fluidized bed
fluidizer
fluidizers
fluidizes
fluidizing
fluidless
fluidlike
fluidly

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