BLACK BILE

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

  synonyms : melancholy

  Early physicians believed that the excess secretion of melancholy led to digestive disorders and delusion. -added by naila_inlas

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