chyme
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of chyme
1600–10; < Latin chȳmus < Greek chȳmós juice, akin to chȳlós chyle
Vocabulary lists containing chyme
Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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Nutrition and Digestion - High School
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Nutrition and Digestion - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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Chyme passes from the stomach to the small intestine.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Chyme is a mixture of food and digestive juices that is produced in the stomach.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Chyme, the pulpy mass into which the food is converted in the stomach prior to the separation in the small intestines of the chyle.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
Chyme is propelled through the large intestine by muscular contractions.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
Chyme, the result of the first process which food undergoes in the stomach, previously to its being converted into chyle.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther
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