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chyme

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Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

chymen. [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]

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

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