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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
chyme
n : a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes
from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the
duodenum
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