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Definition of Chylific
1. Adjective. Producing or converting into chyle.
Definition of Chylific
1. a. Chylifactive.
Definition of Chylific
1. Adjective. That produces chyle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chylific
Literary usage of Chylific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Comparative Anatomy. by Robert Edmond Grant (1834)
"Frequently this important chylific or digestive part is of great length, and
divided into a ... This proximal enlarged portion of the long chylific sac, ..."
2. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1888)
"In the chylific ventricle, the muscular layers and the basement membrane are ...
The caeca are merely diverticula of the wall of the chylific ventricle. ..."
3. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate by Richard Owen, William White Cooper (1843)
"In the carnivorous Dragon-fly * the alimentary tract is short and straight: there
is neither crop nor gizzard, the chylific stomach is long, cylindrical, ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1895)
"23, 24, 25 and 26, pi. iii, taken in serial order from the duodenum toward the
chylific vesicle; /. d. in each section indicating the lumen of the duodenum. ..."
5. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1877)
"The chylific ventricle terminates with a sort of sphincter, reaching into ...
Its widest lumen is toward the chylific ventricle, and it gradually narrows to ..."
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