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chyme Definition

chyme (kīm)

noun

the thick, semifluid mass resulting from gastric digestion of food: it passes from the stomach into the small intestine, where the chyle is formed from it

Etymology: LL chymus < Gr chymos, juice < cheein: see chyle

Related Forms:

  • chymous chy′·mous (kī′məs) adjective
chyme Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: By the time food is ready to leave the stomach, it has been formed into a thick liquid called chyme.
  • produce: These foods often produce very viscous intragastric chyme and this program is designed to find out how the stomach deals with such food.

Adjective modifier

  • acidic: Squirts of acidic chyme through the pylorus trigger hormonal responses mediated by enteroendocrine cells in the duodenal wall.

Browse dictionary entries near chyme

  1. ‹ chylous
  2. ‹ chylomicrons
  3. ‹ chylomicron
  4. ‹ chylomicra
  5. ‹ chyle
  6. ‹ chylaceous
  7. ‹ chutzpah
  8. ‹ chutzpa
  9. ‹ chutneys
  10. ‹ chutney
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