Usually means: Containing or resembling milky fluid.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word chylous:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. chylous: Merriam-Webster
  2. chylous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chylous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chylous: Vocabulary.com
  5. chylous: Wordnik
  6. chylous: Wiktionary
  7. chylous: Dictionary.com
  8. Chylous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. chylous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. chylous: Rhymezone
  11. Chylous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. chylous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. chylous: FreeDictionary.org
  14. chylous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Chylous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chylous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. chylous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. chylous: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chylous)

▸ adjective:  (physiology) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.

Similar:
chylaceous, chylic, chylaqueous, lacteal, chylifactive, chyluric, chylopoetic, lacteous, chylificatory, chymous, more...

Opposite:
achylous, anhydrous, dry

Types:
serous, pleural, pericardial, peritoneal, more...

Phrases:
chylous ascites, chylous effusion, chylous urine, chylous hydrothorax, chylous peritonitis, more...

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Similar:
chylaceous, chylic, chylaqueous, lacteal, chylifactive, chyluric, chylopoetic, lacteous, chylificatory, chymous, more...

Opposite:
achylous, anhydrous, dry

Types:
serous, pleural, pericardial, peritoneal, more...

Phrases:
chylous ascites, chylous effusion, chylous urine, chylous hydrothorax, chylous peritonitis, more...



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