Chyle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophones: kile, kyle, Kyle

Origin

From French, from Latin chylus, from Ancient Greek χυλός ("animal or plant juice").

Full definition of chyle

Noun

1. A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.
• 1922: And we stuffing food in one hole and out behind: food, chyle, blood, dung, earth, food: have to feed it like stoking an engine. — James Joyce, Ulysses

Anagrams

• lechy