humor#1 (n)
humour#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 08
def (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
examples the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile
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Hypernym body substance
Domain of synset - TOPIC physiology; Middle Ages, Dark Ages; antiquity
Derivationally related form humor → humoral
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Derivationally related form humoral → humor
Hyponym body substance
Member of this domain - TOPIC physiology; antiquity; Middle Ages, Dark Ages

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