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chyle

–noun

a milky fluid containing emulsified fat and other products of digestion, formed from the chyme in the small intestine and conveyed by the lacteals and the thoracic duct to the veins.

[Origin: 1535–45; < LL chȳlus < Gk chȳlós juice, akin to cheǐn to pour, L fundere to pour (see fuse²), E gut

]

—Related forms

chylous, adjective

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n. A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fat extracted from chyme by the lacteals during digestion and passed to the bloodstream through the thoracic duct.

[French, from Late Latin chȳlus, from Greek khūlos, juice; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.]

chy·la'ceous (kī-lā'shəs), chy'lous (kī'ləs) adj.

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chyle

1541, from L. chylus, from Gk. khylos "juice" (of plants, animals, etc.), see chyme.

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chyle
noun
a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats

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Chyle

Chyle\, n. [NL. chylus, Gr. ? juice, chyle, fr. ? to pour: cf. F. chyle; prob. akin to E. fuse to melt.] (Physiol.) 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.

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