chyle

[ kahyl ]

/ kaɪl /

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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.

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Origin of chyle

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

OTHER WORDS FROM chyle

chylous, adjectivepseu·do·chy·lous, adjective

Words nearby chyle

Chuvash Republic, Chu Xi, Ch'ü Yüan, chyack, chylaceous, chyle, chylo-, chylocaulous, chylomicron, chylophyllous, chyme

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How to use chyle in a sentence

Galen disputed this, for he believed that the intestinal chyle was carried by the veins of the mesentery into the liver.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
Repeating the experiment, he became certain that the white threads were vessels which drew the chyle from the intestines.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
Animal food supplies chyle much more abundantly than vegetable food does; and this chyle is more stimulating in its nature.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy|Catherine Esther Beecher
This blood, by which the animal has life, is formed by the chyle.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

Within these are the origins of the Lacteals, a peculiar set of Lymphatic vessels, which are engaged in the absorption of chyle.
The Action of Medicines in the System|Frederick William Headland

British Dictionary definitions for chyle

chyle

/ (kaɪl) /

noun

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

Derived forms of chyle

chylaceous (kaɪˈleɪʃəs) or chylous, adjective

Word Origin for chyle

C17: from Late Latin chӯlus, from Greek khulos juice pressed from a plant; related to Greek khein to pour

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