Chyle vs. Chyme

Chylenoun

A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.

Chylenoun

A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.

Chylenoun

a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats

Chyle

Chyle (from the Greek word χυλός chylos, ) is a milky bodily fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats, or free fatty acids (FFAs). It is formed in the small intestine during digestion of fatty foods, and taken up by lymph vessels specifically known as lacteals.

Chymenoun

The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

Chymenoun

The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

Chymenoun

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

Chyme

Chyme or chymus (; from Greek χυμός khymos, ) is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by a person's stomach, through the pyloric valve, into the duodenum (the beginning of the small intestine). Chyme results from the mechanical and chemical breakdown of a bolus and consists of partially digested food, water, hydrochloric acid, and various digestive enzymes.