"humoral" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English humerale, humorale, humoural, from Middle French humoral and Medieval Latin hūmorālis, from Latin hūmor. By surface analysis, humor + -al. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|humerale}} Middle English humerale, {{der|en|frm|humoral}} Middle French humoral, {{der|en|ML.|hūmorālis}} Medieval Latin hūmorālis, {{der|en|la|hūmor}} Latin hūmor, {{surf|en|humor|-al}} By surface analysis, humor + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} humoral (not comparable)
  1. (pathology, physiology) Relating to the body fluids or humours. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Pathology, Physiology
    Sense id: en-humoral-en-adj-cITDDdUD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 90 10 Topics: medicine, pathology, physiology, sciences
  2. (historical) Pertaining to humorism. (The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.) Tags: historical, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-humoral-en-adj-qBSdp2lm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: humoural Derived forms: biohumoral, humoral immunity, humoralism, humorality, immunohumoral

Alternative forms

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