atrabiliary, a.
(ætrəˈbɪlɪərɪ)
[ad. mod.L. ātrabīliāri-us (in It. atrabiliario), f. ātra bīlis: see atrabile and -ary.]
a. Of or pertaining to black bile; ‘applied to the renal or supra-renal glands or capsules, and to the arteries and veins by which they are supplied.’ Syd. Soc. Lex. b. = atrabilious.
| 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Lentils, Subject to atrabiliary Distempers. 1830 Edin. Encycl. I. 839 Called renal, or suprarenal glands, and from the blackish fluid they contain atrabiliary capsules. 1839 Hooper Med. Dict. 1179 An atrabiliary young man. |