See Also: protohippus(medicine)

humorism (iou) and protohippus (medicine)


humorism (iou)



humorism noun. M19.
[from HUMOUR noun + -ISM.]
I.
Humorous style or manner. rare. M19.
A humorous saying or remark. L19.
II.
Medical History. The doctrine or theory of the relation of the bodily humours to temperament and disease. Cf. SOLIDISM. M19.

protohippus (medicine)


protohippus
<paleontology> A genus of fossil horses from the Lower Pliocene. They had three toes on each foot, the lateral ones being small.

Origin: NL, from Gr. First + horse.

Source: Websters Dictionary