CHYME

chyme

(noun) a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

chyme (usually uncountable, plural chymes)

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

Anagrams

• chemy

Source: Wiktionary


Chyme, n. Etym: [L. chymus chyle, Gr. chyme. See Chyle.] (Physiol.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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