humoral pathology
Historical medical theory that disease results from an imbalance of bodily fluids (humors). Used in discussions of pre-modern medicine.
Humoral pathology is based on the medical thought of ancient Greece.
In medieval Europe, humoral pathology was widely believed.
Compound of 体液 (たいえき, 'bodily fluid') + 病理学 (びょうりがく, 'pathology'). The term is a direct translation of the Western medical concept of humoral pathology.