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Definition of chyle in English: chylenoun 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 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: chylenounkaɪlkīl 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). |