Chyle Definition

kīl
noun
A milky fluid composed of lymph and emulsified fats: it is formed from chyme in the small intestine, is absorbed by the lacteals, and is passed into the blood through the thoracic duct.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chyle

Noun

Singular:
chyle
Plural:
chyles

Origin of Chyle

  • French from Late Latin chȳlus from Greek khūlos juice gheu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French, from Latin chylus, from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulos, “animal or plant juice”).

    From Wiktionary

Chyle Sentence Examples

  • The liquid of ascites sometimes contains chyle in abundance (hydrops lacteus), the escape having taken place from a ruptured receptaculum chyli.

  • Muller made numerous researches in various departments of physiology, and in particular he extended knowledge as to the mechanism of voice, speech and hearing, and as to the chemical and physical properties of lymph, chyle and blood.

  • They obtain food entirely by osmosis through the striated cuticle, and this food consists not of blood, as in flukes, but of chyle, by which they are bathed in their favourite site, the small intestine.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHY

Words Ending With

ELEYLE

Unscrambles

chyle

Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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