: the semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum
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Along its course, bile from the liver and fluid from the pancreas mix with the chyme, neutralizing the stomach acids and helping to digest food.
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“Chyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chyme. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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chyme
noun
: the partly fluid and partly solid mass of incompletely digested food that passes from the stomach into the first part of the small intestine
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