chylo-
(kaɪləʊ)
combining form of Gr. χῡλός, chyle, as in chylo-serous, etc.
Hence † chyˈlography, a description of the lacteal vessels. chyˈlophorous, chyle-bearing. chyloˈrrhœa, a morbid overflow of chyle. chyˈlosis, chylification.
| 1785 J. Sheldon (title), The History of the Absorbent System, part the first; containing the Chylography, or Description of the Human Lacteal Vessels. 1885 W. H. Dickinson Renal & Urin. Affect. iii. xix. 1123 The pathology of cutaneous ‘chylorrhœa’ has been made the subject of further inquiry. 1879 Khorz Princ. Med. 35 Chyloserous urine is of a milky colour. 1657 Phys. Dict., Chylosis, the hurt concoction of the stomach. |