a. [ad. mod.L. chylopoietic-us, a. Gr. χυλοποιητικ-ός, f. χυλοποιεῖν to make into juice, f. χυλό-ς juice + ποιεῖν to make. Cf. F. chylopoiétique.] Of or relating to the formation of chyle (chylopoiesis); chyle-producing.
1731. Arbuthnot, Aliments, 11 (J.). According to the Force of the chylopoœtick Organs, a larger or less Quantity of Chyle may be extracted from the same Quantity of Food.
1847. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., IV. 329. The marsupial young … have a chylopoietic … life.
1859. J. Tomes, Dental Surg. (1873), 49. Disorder of the chylopoietic viscera.
b. subst. in pl. The chyle-forming organs.
1849. Blackw. Mag., LXVI. 103. Boys … became deranged in their chylopoietics.
