Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of, pertaining to, or resembling chyle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.
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- adjective physiology Consisting of, or similar to,
chyle .
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- adjective consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle
Etymologies
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Examples
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Chylothorax, or chylous ascites, is generally a result of this injury.
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Chylothorax, or chylous ascites, is generally a result of this injury.
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_Secondly_, by secreting bile, it furnishes to the digestive organs a fluid which assists in converting the food into chyle, stimulates the intestine to action, and then is itself transformed and absorbed with the chylous products, after which it circulates with the blood and assists in nutrition until, becoming injurious and pernicious, it is re-secreted and re-elaborated to serve again, as described.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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Diseases of the nervous system, and notably of the base of the brain and of the spinal cord, induce various urinary disorders, prominent among which are diabetes, chylous urine, and albuminuria.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Countless more experience permanent nerve damage, hernias, intestinal blockage, adrenal dysfunction, chylous ascites (lymph leakage), organ laceration, blood clots, or testicular swelling and sensitivity (this is list is not exhaustive).
latimes.com - News 2010
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The pathophysiology and management of post radiational chylous ascites is discussed.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Vishal Shelat 2009
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We report a 64 years old gentleman with unresectable right-sided retroperitoneal liposarcoma, who underwent radiotherapy & subsequently developed chylous ascites.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Vishal Shelat 2009
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