Humor

(hu’-mor) [L., moisture], i. Any fluid or semi-fluid part of the body. H., Aqueous, the transparent fluid of the anterior chamber of the eye. H., Crystalline. See Lens, Crystalline. H., Vitreous. The transparent gelatin-like substance filling the greater part of the globe of the eye. 2. Disposition, temperament, as the four humors of Galen, the choleric, melancholy, phlegmatic, and sanguine. 317