black bile

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black bile

humor effecting temperament of gloominess. [Medieval Physiology: Hall, 130]

See : Melancholy

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No references found			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			Black Africa black agate black alkali black amber black and gold Black and Tan Black and White Ball Black and White Cattle Black Angus cattle black annealing Black Annis Black Apple black art black ash black ash mortar black balsam black band disease black bass Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge Black Bean Aphid black bear Black Beauty Black Beetles black belt Black Bess black bile black blight black body black bolt Black Box Black Box Corporation black box testing Black Buck black buran black canker Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park black carbon counter Black Carp black cat black chaff Black Chokeberry black coal black cobalt Black Codes black copper black coral black cotton soil Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge Black Country Black Cowboys Parade black cyanide			black bee black beech black beef Black beetle Black beetle black beetles black beetles black belt black belt black belt Black Belt (disambiguation) Black Belt (disambiguation) Black Belt Casting Academy Black Belt Club Black Belt Community Foundation Black Belt Fight Music Black Belt Guitar Academy Black Belt Martial Arts Academy Black Belt Martial Arts Center Black Belt Schools International Black Belt Schools of America black belts black belts Black Benedictines Black Bengal Black Berry Black Berry Black Berry Black Bess Black Bike Week black bile black bindweed black bindweed Black Biomedical Research Movement black birch Black Bird Black Birds Black Bitch Black Bitch Black bitter vetch Black Blade of Disaster black blight Black bloc Black block Black Blood Brothers black blowfly black bodies black bodies black body black body black body black body Black Body Locus Black body radiation Black body radiation Black body radiation Black body radiation Black body radiator Black body radiator Black body spectrum Black body spectrum

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