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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chyle \Chyle\, n. [NL. chylus, Gr ? juice, chyle, fr ? to
pour: cf F. chyle; prob. akin to E. fuse to melt.]
(Physiol.)
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
chyle
n : a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats;
formed in the small intestine during digestion of
ingested fats
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