Which term describes milky lymph containing dietary fats from the intestines?

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Milky lymph containing dietary fats from the intestines is called chyle. After fats are digested, they’re packaged into chylomicrons in the intestinal cells and enter the lymphatic capillaries (lacteals). This fat-rich lymph flows through the lymphatic system, giving it a milky appearance, and it eventually reaches the bloodstream via the thoracic duct. This differs from systemic circulation, which is the flow of blood through the vascular system; the lumen is simply the hollow interior of a vessel or organ; and pathogens are disease-causing organisms, not fat-rich lymph. So the term that best fits is chyle.