CHYLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chyle mean? 

• CHYLE (noun)
  The noun CHYLE has 1 sense:

1. a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats

  Familiarity information: CHYLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHYLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("chyle" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Meronyms (substance of "chyle"):

lymph (a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels)

Derivation:

chylaceous; chylous (consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle)

 Context examples 

The presence of effused chyle in the peritoneal cavity.

(Chylous Ascites, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Accumulation of chyle (milky fluid) in the peritoneal cavity.

(Chylous Ascites, NCI Thesaurus)

Special lymph vessels carry chyle from the intestines to the blood.

(Chyle, NCI Dictionary)