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chyle a milky fluid composed of lymph and emulsified fat globules, formed in the small intestine during digestion chyle [kīl] (physiology) Lymph containing emulsified fat, present in the lacteals of the intestine during digestion of ingested fats. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Very likely," says the doctor: "I have known people eat in a fever; and it is very easily accounted for; because the acidity occasioned by the febrile matter may stimulate the nerves of the diaphragm, and thereby occasion a craving which will not be easily distinguishable from a natural appetite; but the aliment will not be concreted, nor assimilated into chyle, and so will corrode the vascular orifices, and thus will aggravate the febrific symptoms. |
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