单词 | black bile |
释义 | black bilenoun [mass noun] (In medieval science and medicine) one of the four bodily humours, believed to be associated with a melancholy temperament. Also called melancholy.Our bodies were thought to be composed of blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile just as the world at large consisted of earth, air, fire, and water....
OriginLate 18th century: translation of Greek melankholia (see melancholy). Compare with atrabilious. |
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