Meaning | A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats. |
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Broader | liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour | The liquid parts of the body |
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Substances | lymph | A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle |
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Spanish | quilo |
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Catalan | quil, quilo |
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Adjectives | chylaceous, chylous | consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle |
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chyliferous | transmitting chyle |
chylific, chylifactive, chylifactory | producing or converting into chyle |