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In the physiology and natural philosophy of the Middle Ages: The combination of supposed qualities (cold or hot, and moist or dry) in a certain…
The blending or combination of elements, ‘humours’, or qualities, in the animal body, in herbs, etc. The combination of ‘humours’ or qualities…
In medieval physiology: The combination of the four cardinal humours (see humour, n. 1a) of the body, by the relative proportion of which the…
a mixture of four elements.