black bile
noun
mass noun
- (in medieval science and medicine) one of the four bodily humors, believed to be associated with a melancholy temperament(中世纪医学中认为与抑郁相关的)黑胆汁。亦称MELANCHOLY.
词源
late 18th cent.: translation of Greek melankholia (see MELANCHOLY). Compare with ATRABILIOUS.