• (n.) The state or quality of being humoral. • (n.) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism.
Hu'mor·al·ism noun 1. (Medicine) The state or quality of being humoral. 2. (Medicine) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism. [ Obsolete]
Type: Term Pronunciation: hyū′mŏr-ăl-izm, -mŏr-izm Synonyms: humoral doctrine
Humoralism: In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally present in the front and rear chambers of the eye. The humors were part of an ancient theory that held that health came from balance between the bodily liquids. These liquids were termed humors. Disease arose when imbalance occur...