[kahy-ley-shuh
s] 
| of or resembling chyle. |
| chyle (kīl) 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. |