Definitions for humoral

humoral hu·mor·al

Spelling: [hyoo-mer-uh l or, often, yoo-]
IPA: /ˈhyu mər əl or, often, ˈyu-/

Humoral is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in humoral (ahlmoru).

Definitions for humoral

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or proceeding from a fluid of the body.

Origin of humoral

First recorded in 1375-1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word hūmōrālis. See humor, -al1

Examples for humoral

Soon after that, Behring discovered antitoxins, and this seemed to favour the chemical or humoral theory of immunity.

According to humoral doctrine, fever demanded a purging, not the intake of additional substances.

humoral theories, less easy to test, preserved an appearance of generality and were easily admitted.

These last were the very earliest advocates of the humoral pathology.

Those were the days of humoral pathology, when disturbances of secretion were supposed to be the basis of all disease.

Galen strictly followed Hippocrates in the latter's humoral theory of pathology, and also in therapeutics to a great extent.

The humoral theory of Sydenham, and the threefold action supposed by Broussais, were further advances in the right direction.

These results having been established, it seemed as if the last rampart of the humoral theory had been taken by storm.

Then came the great "humoral" or "vital fluid" theory of disease which ruled during the Middle Ages.

These diseases were those of a humoral type, especially such as are characterized by issues and ulcers.

Word Value for humoral
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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