MELANCHOLIC TYPE

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N., Pam M.S.
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was a personality type attributed to a non-existent physiological substance named black bile.

MELANCHOLIC TYPE: "The melancholic type is attributed to an excess of black bile according to Galen."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. SUBSTANCE ABUSE
  2. FUNCTIONAL TYPES
  3. CONGENITAL CHARACTER
  4. BODY-TYPE THEORIES
  5. VISCEROTONIA
  6. ANTIMETABOLITE
  7. SEASONAL VARIATION
  8. SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS
  9. CONGENITAL VISUAL AGNOSIA
  10. ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "MELANCHOLIC TYPE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/melancholic-type/ (accessed July 3, 2020).
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