humoral
/ˈhjuːmərəl/
adjective
- Relating to body fluids, especially in the context of the immune system (e.g., humoral immunity involves antibodies in the blood).
- Doctors studied the patient's humoral factors to understand the disease.
- Humoral immunity is mediated by antibodies produced by B cells.
- The humoral response helps fight off bacterial infections.
- Relating to the ancient medical theory of the four humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile) that were believed to control health and temperament.
- Ancient doctors believed that a humoral imbalance caused illness.
- Hippocrates wrote about humoral pathology in his medical texts.
- The theory of humoral medicine influenced treatments for centuries.