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Meaning of 'chyle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chyle [ n.]
- 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.

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chylaceous chylaqueous chylifaction chylifactive chyliferous chylific chylification chylificatory chylify chylopoetic

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