[ kʌɪm ]
■ noun Physiology the fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food.
Derivatives
chymous adjective
Origin
ME: from late L. chymus , from Gk khūmos 'juice'.
[ kʌɪm ]
■ noun Physiology the fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food.
Derivatives
chymous adjective
Origin
ME: from late L. chymus , from Gk khūmos 'juice'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004