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noun - a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum
The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
noun - semi-digested food
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Food pulp in stomach |
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Apr 17 2005 The Times - Concise |
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The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum. |
the pulpy acidic fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food. |
a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum |
the thick, wet mass of partly digested food that leaves the stomach |
The pulpy acidic fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food. |
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Chyme or chymus (; from Greek khymos, "juice") is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by the stomach, through the pyloric valve, into the duodenum (the beginning of the small intestine). * Chyme results from the mechanical and chemical breakdown of a bolus and consists of partially digested food, water, hydrochloric acid, and various digestive enzymes. Chyme slowly passes through the pyloric sphincter and into the duodenum, where the extraction of nutrients begins. Depending on the quantity and contents of the meal, the stomach will digest the food into chyme in anywhere between 40 minutes to a few hours. 40 minutes to 3 hours at most. The chyme is black in color. * With a pH of approximately 2, chyme emerging from the stomach is very acidic. The duodenum secretes a hormone, cholecystokinin (CCK), which causes the gall bladder to contract, releasing alkaline bile into the duodenum. CCK also causes the release of digestive enzymes from the pancreas. The duodenum is |