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Humoral

Definition: Humoral

Humoral

Adjective

1. Of or relating to bodily fluids.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Humoral \Hu"mor*al\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression humoral.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Humoral

DomainDefinitions

Health

Of, relating to, proceeding from, or involving a bodily humour - now often used of endocrine factors as opposed to neural or somatic. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Humoral

Synonym: humoural (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Humoral

English words defined with "humoral": B cell, B lymphocytehumoral immune response, Humoral pathology, Humoralism, Humoralist. (references)
Specialty definitions using "humoral": Acute-Phase Reaction, Adjuvants, Immunologic, Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous SystemB-LymphocytesDemyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNSGraft RejectionImmunocompetence, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes, Immunologic DiseasesMonitoring, ImmunologicTh2 Cells, Thrombopoietin, Thymus Hormones, Transplantation Immunology, Transplantation Tolerance, Tumor Escape. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Humoral" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (humoral), French (humoral), German (humeral, humoral), Portuguese (humoral).

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Commercial Usage: Humoral

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cytokine Regulation of Humoral Immunity: Basic and Clinical Aspects (reference)

  • Humoral Factors (The Natural Immune System) (reference)

  • Humoral Factors in Host Defense (reference)

  • Humoral Factors in the Regulation of Tissue Growth (reference)

  • Stress: Neurochemical and Humoral Mechanisms (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Humoral

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Line graph showing immunologists' concept of the interplay between humoral and cell-mediated immune responses during coccidioidomycosis. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Humoral

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

FFP also can be used as a source of immunoglobulin for children and adults with humoral immunodeficiency. (references)

In contrast to the depression of the cellular immune response, humoral immune response of sarcoidosis patients is elevated. (references)

Immunoglobulins are proteins produced by cells of the B lymphocyte lineage that are the major effector molecules of the humoral immune system. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Humoral

"Humoral" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "Humoral" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)95%1980,337
Noun (singular)5%1339,140
                    Total100.00%20N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Humoral

Expressions using "humoral": humoral immune response Humoral pathology. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Humoral

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

humoral immunity

7

humoral inmunidad

5

humoral respuesta

4

humoral

3

humoral immune response

3

figure humoral immunity

2

anticuerpos cellular humoral inmunidad

2

humoral inmunidad para pruebas

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Humoral

Language Translations for "humoral"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

"液. (various references)

   

Danish

  

humoral. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

humoraal. (various references)

   

French

  

humoral. (various references)

   

German

  

humoral (humeral). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χυμικός. (various references)

   

Italian

  

umorale. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

液性 (pH). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

えきせい (many generations, pH). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umoralhay

   

Portuguese

  

humoral. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

humoral. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Humoral

Derivations

Words ending with "humoral": neurohumoral. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Humoral"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "humoral" (pronounced hyuw"merul)
5-uw" m er u lnumeral.
4-m er u ladmiral, ephemeral, femoral.
3-er u lagricultural, architectural, behavioral, bilateral, collateral, Corporal, countercultural, cultural, doctoral, doggerel, electoral, federal, funeral, Gen, general, guttural, horticultural, inaugural, intercultural, lateral, liberal, literal, littoral, mackerel, mayoral, mineral, multicultural, multilateral, natural, neoliberal, nomenclatural, nonagricultural, pastoral, pectoral, peripheral, pickerel, postdoctoral, prefectural, procedural, scriptural, sculptural, sectoral, structural, supernatural, temporal, trilateral, unilateral, unnatural, visceral.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Humoral

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-l-m-o-r-u"

-1 letter: morula.

-2 letters: amour, haulm, horal, humor, larum, mohur, molar, moral, mural.

-3 letters: alum, arum, halm, halo, harl, harm, haul, hoar, holm, hora, hour, hula, hurl, loam, lour, marl, maul, mola, mora, mura, oral, roam.

-4 letters: amu, arm, ham, hao, hum, lam, lar, lum, mar, mho, moa, mol, mor, oar, ohm, ora, our, rah, ram.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-l-m-o-r-u"
 

+3 letters: largemouth, photomural.

 

+4 letters: amorphously, chaulmoogra, homonuclear, largemouths, multiauthor, photomurals, prothallium, ultrasmooth.

 

+5 letters: blabbermouth, chaulmoogras, harmoniously, malnourished, neurohumoral, prothalamium, rheumatology.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Humoral


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 75 6D 6F 72 61 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01110101 01101101 01101111 01110010 01100001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#117 &#109 &#111 &#114 &#97 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0075 006D 006F 0072 0061 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42877981846778

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese;
Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
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Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;