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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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