yellow bile

• Один из четырёх гуморов в древней и средневековой медицине, считавшийся телесной жидкостью, связанной с гневом и холерическим темпераментом. В современной медицинской науке это понятие устарело.

One of the four humors in ancient and medieval medicine, believed to be a bodily fluid associated with anger and choleric temperament. The concept is now obsolete in modern medical science.

1. Historical bodily humorC2formal

   One of the four humors in ancient and medieval medicine, believed to be a yellow or greenish fluid produced by the liver, associated with a choleric temperament.

   Желтая желчь

   • According to Hippocrates, an excess of yellow bile caused a person to be irritable and angry.
   • Medieval doctors believed that yellow bile was responsible for fevers and digestive issues.
   • The theory of the four humors included blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile.