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Black Bile
see synonyms of black bileNoun
1. black bile, melancholy
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
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Black Bile
see synonyms of black bilenoun
archaic
one of the four bodily humours; melancholy
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Black Bile
see synonyms of black bilen.
One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, supposed to cause melancholy when present in excess.
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