HyperDic: black_bile

English > 1 sense of the expression *black bile*:
NOUN	body	black bile, melancholy	a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

English > *black bile*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy.
Synonym	melancholy
Broader	liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour	The liquid parts of the body