Bolus vs Chyle - What's the difference?

bolus | chyle |


As nouns the difference between bolus and chyle

is that bolus is a round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal while chyle is a digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.

bolus

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
  • A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.

    • Usage notes

    * (term) is the somewhat more common plural form of (bolus) in scholarly use.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "bolus") ----

    chyle

    English

    (wikipedia chyle)

    Noun

  • A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.
  • * 1922', And we stuffing food in one hole and out behind: food, '''chyle , blood, dung, earth, food: have to feed it like stoking an engine. — James Joyce, ''Ulysses

    • Anagrams

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