| 单词 | yellow bile |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow bile yellow bile n. now historical (in ancient and medieval physiology and medicine) one of the four cardinal humours (see humour n. 1a), described as hot and dry in nature and supposed when predominant to cause irritability or irascibility of temper; = choler n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > humours > specific humours phlegmc1250 moisturea1387 melancholyc1390 cholera1393 black humoura1398 choleraa1398 melancholiaa1398 coldness1398 sanguineness1530 atrabile1594 combust choler1607 primary humour1621 black bile1634 cambium1634 yellow bile1634 kapha1937 pitta1937 dosha1959 1634 ‘Philiatreus’ Gen. Pract. Med. sig. A6v Divers parts are appointed for the ingendring of diverse humors excrementitious, as the lever for breeding of yellow byle: the melt, of black byle, the stomack, the tryps, and the braine of phlegme. 1758 J. Mackenzie Hist. Health ii. iii. 397 In bodies abounding with yellow bile, the blood is hot and thin, moves with great rapidity through the pipes, disposes the body to inflammations and acute distempers. 1880 J. W. Legg On Bile xxix. 652 There can be no doubt that the bilious diseases of the ancients owe their origin to the place which the yellow bile had amongst the four humours of the body. 1937 F. D. Brooks Child Psychol. xv. 437 The choleric, having a surplus of ‘yellow bile’, is high-strung, quick-tempered, and irritable. 2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 31 Oct. 43/1 Jaundice was obviously an overflow of yellow bile. < as lemmas |
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