cacochylousadj.
/kakəʊˈkʌɪləs/ Pathology.
Characterized by bad chyle; of difficult digestion, as ‘cacochylous aliments’. New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
Derivatives
cacoˈchylia n. depraved chylification.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered secretion > [noun] > gastric secretions > disorders of chyle
cacochylia1706
achylia1879
chylorrhœa1885
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Cacochylia, a bad chylification, when the chyle is not duly made.
1721–90 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1839 G. Raymond in New Monthly Mag. 56 306 Persons..using every diligence for a most unprofitable cacohylia.
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