a. Also chil-. [f. L. *chȳlifer (f. chȳl-us chyle + -fer bearing) + -OUS. Cf. F. chylifère.] Bearing or containing chyle.
1669. W. Simpson, Hydrol. Chym., 25. A chiliferous acid ferment is peculiar to that digestion of the stomach.
1692. Sir T. Blount, Ess., 116. Lacteals … and chyliferous ducts.
1708. Brit. Apollo, No. 69. 2/1. The Guts and Chyliferous Vessels.
1842. F. H. Ramadge, Cure Consumption (1861), 70. The chyliferous absorption.
