chyle

UK: /kaɪl/ US: (kīl)

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chyle  (kīl), n. 

1. Anatomy 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.

• Greek chȳlós juice, akin to cheîn to pour, Latin fundere to pour (see fuse²), English gut
• Late Latin chȳlus
• 1535–45

chy′lous, adj. 

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chyle / kaɪl/ noun

1. a milky fluid composed of lymph and emulsified fat globules, formed in the small intestine during digestion

Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin chӯlus, from Greek khulos juice pressed from a plant; related to Greek khein to pour

chylaceous / kaɪˈleɪʃəs/, ˈchylous adjective