Chiefly History of Science. Designating a quality associated with wetness and regarded in medieval and later times as one of the four qualities…
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释义 | the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [adjective] > humours > specific (11) moista1393 Chiefly History of Science. Designating a quality associated with wetness and regarded in medieval and later times as one of the four qualities… cholerica1398 Designating the humour choler. Now historical. melancholya1398 Medicine. Relating to, characteristic of, dominated by, or containing the humour black bile. Now archaic and historical. radicala1398 Of, belonging to, or from a root or roots; fundamental to or inherent in the natural processes of life, vital; spec. designating the humour or… sanguinea1398 In medieval and later physiology: Belonging to that one of the four ‘complexions’ (see complexion, n. 1) which was supposed to be characterized by… adusta1400 Medicine. Designating any of the humours of the body when considered to be abnormally concentrated and dark in colour, and associated with a… phlegmatica1400 Having, showing, or characteristic of the temperament formerly believed to result from a predominance of phlegm among the bodily humours; not easily… adusted1547 = adust, adj.1 1a. Now historical and rare. phlegmatical1586 = phlegmatic, adj. humid1604 In medieval physiology, said of elements, humours, etc. sanguineous1732 Of persons, their constitution or temperament: = sanguine, adj. Also, in later use, Full-blooded, plethoric. sanguineous fever (see quot. 1753). |
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