"chyle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kaɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chyle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chyles [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪl Etymology: From French, from Late Latin chȳlus, from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “animal or plant juice”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|LL.|chȳlus}} Late Latin chȳlus, {{der|en|grc|χυλός||animal or plant juice}} Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “animal or plant juice”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chyle (countable and uncountable, plural chyles)
  1. A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bodily fluids Derived forms: chylaceous, chylify, chylous Translations (digestive fluid): quil [masculine] (Catalan), 乳糜 (jyu⁵ mei⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 乳糜 (rǔmí) (Chinese Mandarin), ĥilo (Esperanto), maitiaisneste (Finnish), chyle [masculine] (French), bélnyirok (Hungarian), chilo [masculine] (Italian), 乳糜 (nyūbi) (alt: にゅうび) (Japanese), quil [masculine] (Occitan), quilo [masculine] (Portuguese), ၶီႈၼုမ်ႇ (khīi nùm) (Shan), quilo [masculine] (Spanish), น้ำเหลืองไขมันปน (Thai)
    Sense id: en-chyle-en-noun-xgTcf66d Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: chyles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chyle (plural chyles)
  1. Alternative form of chile (pronunciation spelling of "child") Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chile (extra: pronunciation spelling of "child")
    Sense id: en-chyle-en-noun-KA2368X5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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