chyme

[ kahym ]

noun

1. the semifluid mass into which food is converted by gastric secretion and which passes from the stomach into the small intestine.

chyme

/ kaɪm /

noun

1. the thick fluid mass of partially digested food that leaves the stomach

chyme

/ kīm /

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

Derived Forms

• ˈchymous, adjective

Other Words From

• chymous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chyme¹

1600–10; < Latin chȳmus < Greek chȳmós juice, akin to chȳlós chyle

Word History and Origins

Origin of chyme¹

C17: from Late Latin chӯmus, from Greek khumos juice; compare chyle

Example Sentences

This mixes with the food, and reduces it to a soft pulpy mass, called chyme.

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The chemically-changed chyme is now termed Chyle, and is ready to be absorbed by the minute, projecting Villi.

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The chyle was formed out of chyme, changed by the action of the pancreatic and biliary secretions.

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The bile and pancreatic fluid are conveyed into the duodenum, and mixed with the chyme.

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By the action of these different fluids, the chyme is converted into a fluid of a whitish color, called Chyle, and into residuum.

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