Definition of Chylifactive

1. Adjective. Producing or converting into chyle.

Exact synonyms: Chylifactory, Chylific
Partainyms: Chyle, Chyle, Chyle

Definition of Chylifactive

1. a. Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.

Definition of Chylifactive

1. Adjective. (physiology) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Chylifactive

1. Relating to chylopoiesis. Synonym: chylifactive. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chylifactive

chyl-
chylaceous
chylaemia
chylangioma
chylaqueous
chylde
chyle
chyle cistern
chyle corpuscle
chyle cyst
chyle peritonitis
chyle vessel
chyles
chylidrosis
chylifaction
chylifactive (current term)
chylifactory
chyliferous
chylific
chylification
chylified
chylifies
chyliform
chyliform ascites
chylify
chylifying
chylo-
chylocaulous
chylocyst

Literary usage of Chylifactive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Andover Review edited by Egbert Coffin Smyth, William Jewett Tucker, John Wesley Churchill, George Harris, Edward Young Hincks (1890)
"... carrying them into the protoplasm of the cell, convey them thence into the chylifactive ducts." Another mode of absorption of fatty matters, ..."

2. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"... yet whether this be not effected by some way of corrosion, from sharp and dissolving humidities, rather than any proper digestion, chylifactive mutation ..."

3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"chylifactive kil le-rak'tlv. a. Having the power of making chyle. Си Y LI FACTION, kil-lé-fák'fh ms The ad or ..."

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