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humor humour

(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state WordNet 3.0

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(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Four fluids, namely blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm, associated with the four basic elements of nature, that were thought to permeate the body and influence its health. OmegaWiki

Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body. Wiktionary

The humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

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