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1. (n.) chyme
the semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine.
Etymology: (1600–10; < L ch&ymacr;mus < Gk ch&ymacr;mós juice, akin to ch&ymacr;lóschyle)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) chyme
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. chyme
the pulpy mass into which the food is converted in the stomach prior to the separation in the small intestines of the chyle.
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