chyle noun. [kʌɪl] Also in Latin form chylus. LME.
[Late Latin chylus from Greek khūlos animal or plant juice.]
A milky fluid containing fat droplets which drains from the lacteals of the small intestine into the lymphatic system during digestion.
receptacle of chyle: see RECEPTACLE 3a.

■ chyli'factive,

■ chyli'factory adjectives (rare) producing chyle M17.

■ chy'liferous adjective bearing or containing chyle M17.

■ chy'lific adjective (now rare or obsolete) producing chyle M19.

■ chylifi'cation noun conversion into chyle E17.

■ chylify verb trans. convert into chyle M17.

■ chylous adjective pertaining to, full of, or of the nature of chyle M17.

■ chy'luria noun (Medicine) the presence of chyle in the urine M19.

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