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Dictionary Results for chyle:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
chyle
    n 1: a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats;
         formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested
         fats
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]
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