chyle
/kʌɪl
/noun [mass noun] Physiology
A milky fluid containing fat droplets which drains from the lacteals of the small intestine into the lymphatic system during digestion.This produced serosanguinous fluid rather then chyle, and we inserted an intercostal drain, which drained 600 ml in the first 24 hours....
- In the small bowel mesentery, the spaces may be filled with chyle and are called chylous lymphangioma.
- Two to four liters of chyle are transported through the thoracic duct each day.
Derivatives
chylous
- In the small bowel mesentery, the spaces may be filled with chyle and are called chylous lymphangioma.
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a disease affecting primarily women, is characterized by progressive cystic lung lesions, recurrent pneumothoraces, chylous effusions, lymphatic tumors, and angiomyolipomas.
- I am a little bit worried about a really odd pulmonary lymphoma with chylous effusions and I am going to need the pathologist.
Origin
Late Middle English: from late Latin chylus, from Greek khūlos 'juice' (see chyme).
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