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Posted By: wwh Chylomicron - 12/11/02 04:46 PM
The microscopic glubules of fat in [redchyle late stages of digestion and absorption.
chyle
n.
5LL chylus < Gr chylos, juice, humor, chyle < cheein, to pour: see FOUND36 a milky fluid composed of lymph and emulsified fats: it is formed from chyme in the small intestine, is absorbed by the lacteals, and is passed into the blood through the thoracic duct
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adj.


Posted By: wwh Re: ciborium - 12/11/02 04:51 PM
ciborium
n.,
pl. 3ri[a 73!8 5ML < L, a cup < Gr kibbrion, seed vessel of the Egyptian waterlily, hence, a cup6
1 a canopy of wood, stone, etc. that rests on four columns, esp. one covering an altar; baldachin
2 a covered cup for holding the consecrated wafers of the Eucharist


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