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chyme

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: chymes

chyme - a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • chyme (n.)
    The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • chyme
    The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • chyme
    kīm, n. the pulp to which the food is reduced in the stomach.—n. Chymificā′tion, the act of being formed into chyme.—v.t. Chym′ify, to form into chyme.—adj. Chym′ous. [Gr. chymos, from cheein.]

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