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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Atrabiliary \At`ra*bil"ia*ry\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid
formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.
2. Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the
supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of
which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy,
and mania.
{Atrabiliary arteries}, {capsules}, and {veins} (Anat.),
those pertaining to the kidney; -- called also renal
arteries, capsules, and veins.
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