ALL meanings of black bile
black bile
B b - noun black bile one of the four bodily humours; melancholy 3
- noun black bile one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing gloominess. 1
- noun black bile 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. 0