chyluria
[ kī-lur′ē-ə ]
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n.
The presence of chyle in the urine.
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Chyluria occurs most frequently as a symptom of infection by Filaria sanguinis hominis.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell ToddThis is the common cause of chyluria in hot climates, but chyluria is occasionally seen in the United Kingdom without filaria.
The entozon which by its presence in the blood causes the disease chyluria also inhabits the portal vein.
Lewis also found Filari in the kidneys and supra-renal capsules of a woman who died of chyluria.
Parasites|T. Spencer Cobbold