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: the semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum
Word History
Etymology
Middle English chime, chyme "body fluid, humor," borrowed from Medieval Latin chymus, chimus "body fluid, partly digested food," borrowed from Greek chȳmós "juice of plants, animal or plant fluid, humor," of uncertain origin
Note: See note at chyle.
First Known Use
1607, in the meaning defined above
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“Chyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chyme. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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chyme
noun
: the partly fluid and partly solid mass of incompletely digested food that passes from the stomach into the first part of the small intestine
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