A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fat extracted from chyme by the lacteals during digestion and passed to the bloodstream through the thoracic duct.
[French, from Late Latin chȳlus, from Greek khūlos, juice.]
chylaceous chy·la'ceous (kī-lā'shəs) or chy'lous (kī'ləs) adj.




