Definitions for black bile
black bile

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1. black bile, melancholynoun

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

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1. black bilenoun

   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.

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1. black bile

   Melancholia or melancholy (from Greek: µέλαινα χολή melaina chole, meaning black bile) is a concept found throughout ancient, medieval and premodern medicine in Europe that describes a condition characterized by markedly depressed mood, bodily complaints, and sometimes hallucinations and delusions. Melancholy was regarded as one of the four temperaments matching the four humours. Until the 18th century, doctors and other scholars classified melancholic conditions as such by their perceived common cause – an excess of a notional fluid known as "black bile", which was commonly linked to the spleen. Between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, melancholia was a common medical diagnosis, and modern concepts of depression as a mood disorder eventually arose from this historical context.Related terms used in historical medicine include lugubriousness (from Latin lugere: "to mourn"), moroseness (from Latin morosus: "self-will or fastidious habit"), wistfulness (from a blend of "wishful" and the obsolete English wistly, meaning "intently"), and saturnineness (from Latin Saturninus: "of the planet Saturn).

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1. black bile

   Black bile is one of the four humours or bodily fluids that ancient and medieval medicine believed influenced health or temperament. It is believed to be associated with a melancholic temperament. The humoral theory was largely dismissed by the advent of modern medicine, and black bile doesn't have an equivalent in contemporary physiology.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of black bile in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of black bile in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Black_Bile
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