Chylifaction

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chylifaction \Chyl`i*fac"tion\, n. [Chyle + L. facere to make.]
     (Physiol.)
     The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in
     animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.
     [1913 Webster]