n. The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum. [Middle English chime, humors, body fluids, from Old French, from Late Latin chȳmus, from Greek khūmos, juice; see gheu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] chymous (kīməs) adj. |
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