Defn: The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism.
[Obs.]
HUMORALIST
Hu"mor*al*ist, n.
Defn: One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
HUMORISM
Hu"mor*ism, n.
1. (Med.)
Defn: The theory founded on the influence which the humors were supposed to have in the production of disease; Galenism. Dunglison.
2. The manner or disposition of a humorist; humorousness. Coleridge.
HUMORIST
Hu"mor*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. humoriste.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.