Definition of Chme

Definition of Chme

Chyme, the pulpy mass into which the food is converted in the stomach prior to the separation in the small intestines of the chyle.

- Wikipedia

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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