Resembling chyle in appearance or properties; having chyle-like characteristics such as being milky or fatty.
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.
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!'
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