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chyle [kahyl] ExamplesWord Origin 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.
Origin of chyle 1535–45; Late Latin chȳlus Greek chȳlós juice, akin to cheîn to pour, Latin fundere to pour (see fuse2), English gut Related formschy·lous, adjectivepseu·do·chy·lous, adjective Examples from the Web for chyle Historical Examples of chyle
It is then partly digested by the nurses with honey, so that a sort of chyle is formed.
George J. Romanes
What becomes of the chyle after it is poured into the veins?
A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
If the turbidity is owing to the urate it will disappear; if to chyle it will remain.
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
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)
Many instances of milk and chyle found in ulcers are given by Haller, El.
Erasmus Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for chyle chyle noun
- a milky fluid composed of lymph and emulsified fat globules, formed in the small intestine during digestion
Derived Formschylaceous (kaɪˈleɪʃəs) or chylous, adjectiveWord Origin for chyle C17: from Late Latin chӯlus, from Greek khulos juice pressed from a plant; related to Greek khein to pour Word Origin and History for chyle n.
1540s, from Late Latin chylus, from Greek khylos “juice” (of plants, animals, etc.), from stem of khein “to pour, gush forth,” from PIE *ghus-mo-, from root *gheu- “to pour, pour a libation” (see found (v.2)). Cf. also chyme.
chyle in Medicine chyle [kīl] n.
- A turbid, white or pale yellow fluid taken up by the lacteals from the intestine during digestion and carried by the lymphatic system via the thoracic duct into the circulation.
Related formschy•la′ceous (kī-lā′shəs) null adj.
