See Also: Chyle(medicine)
Chyle(health)
chyle(dictionary)
chyle cistern(medicine)
chyle corpuscle(medicine)
chyle cyst(medicine)
chyle peritonitis(medicine)
chyle vessel(medicine)

chyle (iou)



chyle noun. Also in Latin form chylus. LME.
[Late Latin chylus from Greek khulos 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.