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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process by which chyle is formed, from food in animal bodies.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.

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  • noun biology The formation of chyle.

Etymologies

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chyle + Latin facere to make.

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