Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chyle"
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) 1.7 (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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