hu·mor·al
(hyū'mŏr-ăl), Relating to a humor in any sense.
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humoral
(hyo͞o′mər-əl)adj.1. Relating to bodily fluids, especially serum.
2. Relating to or arising from any of the bodily humors.
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humoral
adjective Referring to the humoral–B cell lineage immune system. Cf Hormonal, Humeral. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
hu·mor·al
(hyū'mŏr-ăl) Relating to a humor in any sense.
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humoral
1. Pertaining to extracellular fluid such as the blood plasma or lymph.
2. Pertaining to B cell, antibody-mediated immunity.
3. Pertaining to the aqueous and vitreous humours of the eye.
4. An obsolete term referring to the ancient medical theory, propagated mainly by Galen (see
GALENISM), that the body contains four humours (blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile) and that health results from their correct balance.
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humoral
of or relating to a body fluid, as in humoral immunity produced by antibodies carried in lymph.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Humoral
Pertaining to or derived from a body fluid. The humoral part of the immune system includes antibodies and immunoglobulins in blood serum.
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