Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CHYLE
chyle
(noun) a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chyle (countable and uncountable, plural chyles)
A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.
Anagrams
• Chely, chely, lechy
Source: Wiktionary
Chyle, n. Etym: [NL. chylus, Gr. chyle; prob. akin to E. fuse to melt.] (Physiol.)
Definition: A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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