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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


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]
WordNet (r) 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