Medical Definition of Humoral doctrine

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 Humoral Doctrine

hummocky
hummum
hummums
hummus
hummuses
humogen
humogens
humongous
humor
humor
humoral
humoral
humoralism
humoralist
humoral antibodies
humoral doctrine (current term)
humoral immune response
humoral immune response
humoral immunity
humoral pathology
humoral theory
humored
humoresk
humoresks
humoresque
humoresques
humorful
humoring
humorism
humorist

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