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chyle |
2 definitions found 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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