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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Chylomicron #89304 12/11/2002 4:46 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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 chy[la[ceous 7kj la4*!s8 or chy[lous 7kj4l!s8 adj. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ciborium #89305 12/11/2002 4:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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