NOUN | body | chyle | a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats |
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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 |
Substances | lymph | A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle |
Spanish | quilo | |
Catalan | quil, quilo | |
Adjectives | chylaceous, chylous | consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle |
chyliferous | transmitting chyle | |
chylific, chylifactive, chylifactory | producing or converting into chyle |
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