chyle

American  

[kahyl] / kaɪl /

noun

1. 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.

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chyle British  

/ kaɪl, kaɪˈleɪʃəs /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• chylaceous adjective
• chylous adjective
• pseudochylous adjective

Etymology

Origin of chyle

1535–45; < Late Latin chȳlus < Greek chȳlós juice, akin to cheîn to pour, Latin fundere to pour ( fuse ² ), English gut

Example Sentences

He even inclined to the belief that the chyle has life, and he considered that food becomes “animalized” in digestion.

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The chyle is received into a set of very minute tubes, called lacteals, which are exceedingly numerous, and arise by open mouths from the inner surface of the abomasum and intestines.

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But how is this nutritive part, the chyle, conveyed into the various parts of the body?

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The condition is well known and is called achylia gastrica, that is, failure of the stomach to manufacture chyle, the scientific term for food changed by stomach secretions.

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The amount of chyle formed is very large in proportion to the quantity of food eaten.

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