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chyle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chyle has 1 sense
- chyle(n = noun.body) - a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats; is a kind of bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
Derived forms adjective chylaceous1, adjective chylous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
chyle, n. [NL. chylus, Gr. juice, chyle, fr. to pour: cf. F. chyle; prob. akin to E. fuse to melt.].
A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chyle, n. a milky fluid consisting of lymph and absorbed food materials from the intestine after digestion.
Derivative
chylous adj.
Etymology
LL chylus f. Gk khulos juice
ROGET THESAURUS
chyle
Fluidity
N fluidity, liquidity, liquidness, gaseity, fluid, inelastic fluid, liquid, liquor, lymph, humor, juice, sap, serum, blood, serosity, gravy, rheum, ichor, sanies, chyle, solubility, solubleness, hydrology, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, liquid, fluid, serous, juicy, succulent, sappy, ichorous, fluent, liquefied, uncongealed, soluble.
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