Word.ws English Dictionary

chylomicron

chylomicron noun: a microscopic globule of lipoprotein, found in blood and lymph, that is associated with the digestion of fats.

Noun

chylomicron (plural chylomicrons)

  1. A microscopic globule of lipoprotein, found in blood and lymph, that is associated with the digestion of fats.
    Synonyms:
    ULDL

Synonyms of chylomicron

Forms of chylomicron

pluralchylomicrons

Origin of chylomicron

From chylo- (“juice”) + micron (“small”).

Words formed from chylomicron

Questions about chylomicron

What does chylomicron mean?
Chylomicron means a microscopic globule of lipoprotein, found in blood and lymph, that is associated with the digestion of fats.
What part of speech is chylomicron?
Chylomicron is a noun.
What is the plural of chylomicron?
The plural of chylomicron is chylomicrons.

Words near chylomicron in the dictionary

  1. chylocyst
  2. chylocysts
  3. chyloderma
  4. Chyloe
  5. chyloid
  6. chylomicron
  7. chylomicronaemia
  8. chylomicronaemic
  9. chylomicronemia
  10. chylomicrons
  11. chylopericardium

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chylomicron (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “chylomicron.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chylomicron. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.