Also 7 chil-. [n. of action f. CHYLIFY: see -ATION. Cf. F. chylification.] The production of chyle, chyle-making.
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 44. A Creature therefore may for a time liue without Chilification, which is the action of the stomacke, but not without sanguification.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., I. i. II. v. (1651), 21. Chilification of this so chewed meat in the stomack.
1664. Power, Exp. Philos., I. 67. After her several operations of Digestion, Chylification, Sanguification, [etc.].
1730. Martyn, in Phil. Trans., XXXVI. 383. Tubes, or Bowels, which serve for Nutrition or Chylification.
1859. Carpenter, Anim. Phys., iv. (1872), 163. The second stage of true digestion is termed chylification.
