What is having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy called?
adust — (Med.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy. (Webster's 1913.)
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