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Webster 1913 Edition

Chyme

Chyme

,
Noun.
[L.
chymus
chyle, Gr. [GREEK] juice, like [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] 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 1828 Edition

Chyme

CHYME

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Noun.
That particular modification which food assumes after it has undergone the action of the stomach.
Among the older authors, juice; chyle, or the finest part of the chyle contained in the lacteals and thoracic duct; any humor incrassated by concoction, whether fit or unfit for preserving and nourishing the body.

Definition 2024

chyme

chyme

English

Noun

chyme ‎(usually uncountable, plural chymes)

  1. The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

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Etymology

From Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χυμός ‎(khumós, “juice”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɪm/
  • Rhymes: -aɪm

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