Humor

An important body fluid in traditional European or Indian medicine.


Proposed by Hippocrates, that the body contains four humors: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. Proper balance of these humors was indicative of health, an imbalance indicative of illness, Hippocrates’ body humor theory.


Fluids in the body especially the aqueous humor of the eye.


 


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