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Etymology
Late Latin chylus, from Greek ��λο� �animal or plant juice�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /k�ɪl/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪl|-aɪl

Noun
chyle

1. a digestive fluid 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

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