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  1. yellow bile, cholernoun

    a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger

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  1. yellow bilenoun

    One of the four humours of ancient and mediaeval physiology, that was believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irascibility, anger, and bad temper when present in excess.

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  1. yellow bile

    Humorism, the humoral theory, or humoralism, was a system of medicine detailing a supposed makeup and workings of the human body, adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers. Humorism began to fall out of favor in the 1850s with the advent of germ theory, which was able to show that many diseases previously thought to be humoral were in fact caused by microbes.

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  1. yellow bile

    Yellow bile is one of the four humors or bodily fluids, according to ancient and medieval medicine. It was believed to be associated with the element fire, and linked to a choleric temperament. In modern medical context, it is often associated with bile, a digestive fluid produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder which helps in the digestion of fats. High levels of yellow bile were thought to cause aggression and anger, while too little could supposedly result in passive behavior.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yellow bile in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

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


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