chylousadj.
/ˈkʌɪləs/, U.S. /ˈkaɪləs/ Of, pertaining to, or like chyle; full of or charged with chyle.
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chylifactory1646
chylifactive1650
chylous1667
chyliferous1669
chylose1694
chylopoietic1735
chylific1836
1667 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 386 If the Emittent Dogs blood had not been so chylous.
1782 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 32 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) We can..press out of them a chylous..liquor.
1844 T. J. Graham Mod. Domest. Med. (ed. 9) 363 The chyme..is a shiny homogeneous pulp, consisting of two parts, the one excrementitious, and the other chylous or nutritive.
1858 J. L. W. Thudichum Treat. Pathol. Urine 239 So-called chylous urine.
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