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 ( see fuse ²), English gut

Example Sentences

The chyle then travels through the lymphatic system, eventually entering the bloodstream.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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 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

Lacteal, lak′te-al, adj. pertaining to or resembling milk: conveying chyle.—n. one of the absorbent vessels of the intestines which convey the chyle to the thoracic ducts.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

A small vessel or tube of animal bodies for conveying chyle from the intestine to the thoracic duct.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin