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Definition of Chylaceous
1. Adjective. Consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle.
Definition of Chylaceous
1. a. Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.
Definition of Chylaceous
1. Adjective. (physiology) Resembling or consisting of chyle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chylaceous
Literary usage of Chylaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"chylaceous, (ki-la'-shns) a. Belonging to chyle. CHYLE, (kile) n. ». A milky
juice formed in the stomach by digestion, and afterwards changed into blood. ..."
2. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"... any thing by a violent motion ; to make butter by agitating the milk. CHUSE.
See CHOOSE. chylaceous ..."
3. A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language by John Walker (1797)
"... catalogue will give us any idea of the analogy of the language in this point..
The y is long in chylaceous, ..."
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