English Explanatory Dictionary

cisterna chyli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which lymph from the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks flows

Word forms

cisterna chyli

Etymology

Latin

Synonyms

chylocyst
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