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| chyme [ kīm ] |
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partially digested food: a thick fluid mass of partially digested food and gastric secretions passed from the stomach to the small intestine
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| [Early 17th century. Via late Latin< Greek khūmos "animal or plant juice" < Indo-European] |
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 chy·mous adjective |
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