chyle
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of chyle
1535–45; < Late Latin chȳlus < Greek chȳlós juice, akin to cheîn to pour, Latin fundere to pour ( see fuse 2), English gut
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In the small intestine, dietary triglycerides combine with other lipids and proteins, and enter the lacteals to form a milky fluid called chyle.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The chyle then travels through the lymphatic system, eventually entering the bloodstream.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The chyme becomes chyle, a creamy, nourishing substance which, while welling through more yardage of intestine, passes into the blood through lymphatic structure called lacteals.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the chyle is carried along the tract of the intestine, it comes in contact with the villi, where the lacteal vessels commence.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
This circumstance proves that Oxybeles does not feed upon the chyle of the star-fish, but that its nourishment is analogous to that of other fishes.
From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry
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