noun
chylemia
Medical term for the presence of chyle (milky lymph) in the blood.
乳糜血症は、血液中に乳糜が存在する状態を指す医学用語です。
Chylemia is a medical term referring to the condition in which chyle is present in the blood.
Standard kanji spelling for this medical term.
Alternative spelling using び for the rare kanji 糜.
From 乳糜 (にゅうび, 'chyle') + 血症 (けっしょう, 'blood condition'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the medical meaning.