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Categories: Historical and obsolete mental and behavioural disorders, Articles with short description, Mood disorders, Humorism, Melancholia

black bile melancholy

A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy WordNet 3.0

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A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

One of the four humours of ancient and mediaeval physiology, that was believed to be secreted by the kidneys and spleen and to cause melancholy and sadness when present in excess. Wiktionary

One of the four humours. Wiktionary (translation)

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liquid body substance

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

black bile, melancholy

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black bile

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