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yellow bile

noun
  1. one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing anger; choler.
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Origin of yellow bile

First recorded in 1880–85
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British Dictionary definitions for yellow bile

yellow bile

noun
  1. archaic one of the four bodily humours, choler
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yellow bile in Medicine

yellow bile

n.
  1. choler
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