(1) A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats
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A digestivefluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.
1922: And we stuffing food in one hole and out behind: food, chyle, blood, dung, earth, food: have to feed it like stoking an engine. — James Joyce, Ulysses
