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black bile

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black bile
n.
One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, supposed to cause melancholy when present in excess.
black bile
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Archaic one of the four bodily humours; melancholy See humour [8]
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Noun1.black bile - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
melancholy
bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor - the liquid parts of the body


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According to medieval physiology there were four chief liquids in the human body, namely blood, phlegm, bile, and black bile, and an excess of any of them produced an undue predominance of the corresponding quality; thus, an excess of phlegm made a person phlegmatic, or dull; or an excess of black bile, melancholy.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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