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chyme
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| the semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine. |
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chymous, adjective
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n. The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum. [Middle English chime, humors, body fluids, from Old French, from Late Latin chȳmus, from Greek khūmos, juice; see gheu- in Indo-European roots.] chy'mous (kī'məs) adj. |
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chyme
1607, from L. chymus, from Gk. khymos, nearly identical to khylos (see chyle) and meaning essentially the same thing. Differentiated by Galen, who used khymos for "juice in its natural or raw state," and khylos for "juice produced by digestion," hence the modern distinction.
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| a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum |
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The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum. |
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- The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
chy
mous (k
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s) adj.
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Main Entry: chyme
Pronunciation: 'kIm
Function: noun
: the semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum
—chy·mous /'kI-m&s/ adjective
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Chyme
Chyme\, n. [L. chymus chyle, Gr. ? juice, like ?, fr. ? to pour: cf. F. chyme. See Chyle.] (Physiol.) 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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