CHYME


Meaning of CHYME in English

— chymous , adj.

/kuym/ , n.

the semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine.

[ 1600-10; chymus chymós juice, akin to chylós CHYLE ]

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