Hippocrates attributed abnormality to:
A)afflictions from the gods.
B)divine intervention.
C)chronic stress and trauma.
D)imbalances in bodily humors.

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Hippocrates believed that abnormality was caused by imbalances in bodily humors, which were four fluids that existed in the body- blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm. He believed that when these humors were in balance, a person would be healthy, but when they were imbalanced, it would lead to illness and abnormality.

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