The description of muscles, including the study of
muscular contraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some
form of myograph; myology.
1. The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.] His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his motion was slow. I. Warton. 2. Irritation of the passions; anger; ...