Humanities

Humoralism

An ancient Greek medical theory that health and illness result from a balance or imbalance of body fluids or humors. The humors are blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.

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An ancient Greek medical theory that health and illness result from a balance or imbalance of body fluids or humors. The humors are blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Humoralism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019364. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019364
  2. Humoralism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorism
  3. Humoralism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5782572