chyme

Definitions


[kʌɪm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the pulpy acidic fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food


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Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin chymus, from Greek khūmos ‘juice’ (compare with chyle). The Greek words khūlos and khūmos are from the same root and more or less identical in sense




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