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Definition of chyle

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Chyle (n.) A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct..

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Chylify :: Chylify (v. t. & i.) To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.

Chyliferous :: Chyliferous (a.) Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels..

Achylous :: Achylous (a.) Without chyle.

Chylaceous :: Chylaceous (a.) Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.

Reabsorb :: Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids..

Cytoid :: Cytoid (a.) Cell-like; -- applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc..

Receptaculum :: Receptaculum (n.) A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle..

Chylifaction :: Chylifaction (n.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process..

Hematosis :: Hematosis (n.) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood.

Chyluria :: Chyluria (n.) A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance..

Chylifactive :: Chylifactive (a.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle..

Chylopoetic :: Chylopoetic (a.) Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs..

Chyme :: Chyme (n.) The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

Enchylemma :: Enchylemma (n.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded..

Chylous :: Chylous (a.) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle..

Lacteous :: Lacteous (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels..

Elaboration :: Elaboration (n.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues..

Lacteal :: Lacteal (n.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.

Chylaqueous :: Chylaqueous (a.) Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.

Chylification :: Chylification (n.) The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.