Definition
Resembling chyle in appearance or properties; having chyle-like characteristics such as being milky or fatty.
Etymology
From Greek 'chylos' + '-oid' (resembling or having the form of). The '-oid' suffix provides a quick way to indicate something looks or acts like chyle.
Kelly Says
When doctors see a 'chyloid' fluid, they know they're looking at something milky and fatty—this suffix '-oid' is medical shorthand for 'this looks suspiciously like what we're hunting for!'
Translations
AMአማርኛ
奇利oides
chi-li-oides
BNবাংলা
চাইলোইড
cha-i-lo-id
CACatalà
chyloid
khi-loid
CSČeština
chyloid
khi-loid
DEDeutsch
chyloïd
hi-lo-id
ELΕλληνικά
χυλοειδής
hi-lo-i-des
ESEspañol
quiloides
ki-loi-des
FRFrançais
chyloïde
shi-lo-id
GUGU
ચ્યલીઓઈડ
cha-li-oi-d
HIहिन्दी
chyloid
chi-loid
HUMagyar
chyloid
khi-loid
IDBahasa Indonesia
chyloid
chi-loid
ITItaliano
chiloide
ki-lo-i-deh
MSBahasa Melayu
chyloid
chi-loid
MYမြန်မာ
ချီလီဒ်
chi-li-de
NLNederlands
chyloïde
chi-lo-id
PLPolski
chyloid
khi-loid
PTPortuguês
quilóide
ki-lo-id-eh
RORomână
chiloide
chi-lo-i-deh
RUРусский
хилоидный
hi-lo-id-nyy
SVSvenska
chyloid
khi-loid
SWKiswahili
chyloid
chi-loid
TAதமிழ்
சைலோய்டு
sai-lo-y-du
TEతెలుగు
చైలాయిడ్
chai-la-i-d
UKУкраїнська
хілоїдний
khi-loi-dnyy
VITiếng Việt
chyloid
chi-loid