chyme

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bile chemotherapy gastric juice chemo digestive fluid enzymes digestive juices enteric juice duodenal juice paunch contents abdominal contents biliary secretion bowel contents digestive contents digestive enzymes
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Hypernyms

food nutrient

Anagrams

chemy

Examples

As the chyme moves through the large intestine, most of the remaining water is removed, while the chyme is mixed with mucus and bacteria (known as gut flora ), and becomes feces. Source: Internet

It is released from the pancreas in response to the hormone secretin to neutralize the acidic chyme entering the duodenum from the stomach. Source: Internet

The large intestine produces no digestive enzymes — chemical digestion is completed in the small intestine before the chyme reaches the large intestine. Source: Internet

The pyloric sphincter controls the passage of partially digested food ( chyme ) from the stomach into the duodenum where peristalsis takes over to move this through the rest of the intestines. Source: Internet

As chyme leaves the stomach the pancreas releases bicarbonate to neutralize acids in the chyme so the acids will not harm the intestines. Source: Internet

By the time the chyme has reached this tube, most nutrients and 90% of the water have been absorbed by the body. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chyluric chylus chymase chymic chymical chymically