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ATRABILAIRE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
DEF

Pertaining to black bile, one of the four humors, according to the humoral theory.

OBS

This concept has been abandoned. Now, by extension, the term "atrabiliary" means "characterized by melancholy or gloom".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Qui a rapport à l'atrabile, ou humeur noire.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons

Spanish

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