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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process by which chyle is formed, from food in animal bodies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.
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- noun biology The
formation ofchyle .
Etymologies
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chyle + Latin facere to make.
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