Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Chyle

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Chyle


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(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.