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chyme

chyme [ kīm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
partially digested food: a thick fluid mass of partially digested food and gastric secretions passed from the stomach to the small intestine

[Early 17th century. Via late Latin< Greek khūmos "animal or plant juice" < Indo-European]

chy·mous adjective
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