chyme

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chyme - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chyme \Chyme\, n. [L. chymus chyle, Gr. ? juice, like ?, fr. ?
     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.
     [1913 Webster] Chymist
     Chymic

chyme - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chyme
      n 1: a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes
           from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the
           duodenum