YELLOW BILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow bile mean? 

• YELLOW BILE (noun)
  The noun YELLOW BILE has 1 sense:

1. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger

  Familiarity information: YELLOW BILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW BILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

choler; yellow bile

Hypernyms ("yellow bile" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)