Chyme

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chyme \Chyme\, n. [L. chymus chyle, Gr. ? juice, like ?, fr. ?
     to pour: cf. F. chyme. See {Chyle}.] (Physiol.)
     The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines
     just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in
     the intestines into chyle and excrement. See {Chyle}.
     [1913 Webster] Chymist


     Chymic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chyme
       n : a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes
           from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the
           duodenum