See Also: steek(dictionary)
steek(2)(dictionary)
steek(1)(dictionary)
humoral(dictionary)
Humoral(medicine)
humoral pathology(medicine)
humoral immunity(medicine)
Humoral immunity(health)
humoral doctrine(medicine)
humoral antibodies(medicine)

steek(2) (iou) and humoral (iou)


steek(2) (iou)



steek verb1. [sti:k] obsolete exc. Scot. & north. ME.
[Prob. repr. unrecorded Old English form = Old Frisian steka, Old Saxon stekan (Low German, Dutch steken), Old High German stehhan (German stechen), from var. of Germanic base of STICK verb1. Branch II perh. from sense of 'fix shut, fasten (a door)', or possibly a different word.]
I. Fix.
verb trans. Pierce, stab; transfix. ME-E17.
verb intrans. Be stuck in or into something. ME-M16.
b. fig. Stick in one's mind, heart, etc. LME-L16.
verb intrans. Be hindered from proceeding. ME-E17.
verb trans. Fix (a thing) by thrusting a point into; fix on a point. Also gen., fasten in position. Long rare or obsolete. ME.
verb intrans. Foll. by in, on, with: remain fixed to, stick on or to something. Also, cling tenaciously to. LME-M16.
verb intrans. Demur, hesitate. L15-L16.
II. Shut.
verb trans. Shut up or up, enclose, imprison; shut out or out, exclude; lock up or close (a place) securely; shut or fasten (a door, window, etc.), stop up (a hole, passage, etc.). ME.
verb intrans. Close a place, lock a door. ME-E16.

humoral (iou)



humoral adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or medieval Latin humoralis, from Latin Humor HUMOUR noun: see -AL1.]
Medicine (chiefly Hist.).
Of or relating to body fluids, esp. as opp. to cells. LME.
Of diseases: caused by or attributed to a disordered state of body fluids or (formerly) the bodily humours. M16.
Of or pertaining to the bodily humours. L18.