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humoral

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH Y UW1 M ER0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the body fluids or humours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, pathology, physiology, sciences

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adj

Meaning 2

Pertaining to humorism. (The theory of the influence of the humors in the production of disease.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

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adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to bodily fluids

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

From Middle English humerale, humorale, humoural, from Middle French humoral and Medieval Latin hūmorālis, from Latin hūmor. By surface analysis, humor + -al.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: humoraalinen — relating to the body fluids