humors

Noun

The four bodily fluids (blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm) that were believed to determine a person's physical and mental qualities by the relative proportions in which they were present.

ریشه

From Middle English humour, from Old French humor, from Latin humor, humour (“moisture”), from humere, umere (“to be moist”).

مثال

• The ancient Greeks believed that a person's character was determined by the balance of their humors.
• The doctor of old times would diagnose illness based on the imbalance of humors.
• He studied the concept of humors in his medical history class.

ترکیب‌های رایج

balance of humors imbalance of humors four humors theory of humors