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chyme

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chyme has 1 sense

chyme(n = noun.substance) - a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum;

CIDE DICTIONARY

chyme, n. [L. chymus chyle, Gr. juice, like , fr. to pour: cf. F. chyme. See Chyle.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

chyme, n. the acidic semisolid and partly digested food produced by the action of gastric secretion.

Derivative

chymous adj.

Etymology

LL chymus f. Gk khumos juice