humoral
/ˈhjuːmərəl/adjective
1- Medicine of or relating to the body fluids, especially with regard to immune responses involving antibodies in body fluids as distinct from cells (see CELL-MEDIATED)【医】(与)体液(有关)的(尤指与体液中免疫抗体有关的)(见CELL-MEDIATED)。
1.1
- historical of or relating to the four bodily humours〈史〉(与)四种体液(有关)的。
1.2
- Medicine, historical (of diseases) caused by or attributed to a disordered state of body fluids or (formerly) the bodily humours【医】〈史〉(疾病)由体液失调引起的。
词源
late Middle English (in the general sense 'relating to bodily fluids'): from Old French, or from medieval Latin humoralis, from Latin humor 'moisture' (see HUMOUR).