Chyme
/kaɪm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum. uncountable, usually
- 2 a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum wordnet
Etymology
From Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice”).