HUMORAL


Meaning of HUMORAL in English

I. -mərəl adjective

Etymology: Middle French, from Medieval Latin humoralis, from humor + Latin -alis -al — more at humor

: of, relating to, proceeding from, or involving a bodily humor — now often used of endocrine factors as opposed to neural or somatic

humoral control of sugar metabolism

II. adjective

: relating to or being the part of immunity or the immune response that involves antibodies secreted by B cells and circulating in bodily fluids — compare cell-mediated herein

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