CHYME

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("chyme" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

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