Chyle, n.

(kīl), n. [Fr. chyle, N. Lat. chylus, Gr. χυλός, juice, from χέειν, to pour.] (Physiol.) A milky fluid, consisting of the fatty matter of food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division, with the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.