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单词 chyle
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Definition of chyle in English:

chyle

noun kʌɪlkaɪl
mass nounPhysiology
  • A milky fluid containing fat droplets which drains from the lacteals of the small intestine into the lymphatic system during digestion.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two to four liters of chyle are transported through the thoracic duct each day.
    • 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.

Derivatives

  • chylous

  • adjective
    Physiology
    • The other patient without symptomatic improvement after sclerosis had a history of a lobectomy and was found to have a chylous effusion.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a disease affecting primarily women, is characterized by progressive cystic lung lesions, recurrent pneumothoraces, chylous effusions, lymphatic tumors, and angiomyolipomas.
      • In the small bowel mesentery, the spaces may be filled with chyle and are called chylous lymphangioma.
      • Dyspnea is the usual presenting complaint and is related to both chylous effusions, which may be large, and obstructive airway disease.
      • 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).

 
 

Definition of chyle in US English:

chyle

nounkaɪlkīl
Physiology
  • A milky fluid consisting of fat droplets and lymph. It drains from the lacteals of the small intestine into the lymphatic system during digestion.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • 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.
    • This produced serosanguinous fluid rather then chyle, and we inserted an intercostal drain, which drained 600 ml in the first 24 hours.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin chylus, from Greek khūlos ‘juice’ (see chyme).

 
 
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