Semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by the stomach, through the pyloric valve, into the duodenum.
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Examples for "chyme"
Examples for "chyme"
1Parrot has observed a child who died by the penetration of chyme into the air-passages.
2The sensation of hunger ceases long before digestion takes place, or the chyme is converted into chyle.
3The increase in chyme viscosity did not affect growth performance, nor did it influence apparent ileal nutrient digestibilities.
4Higher up is chyme, pockets of a thin runny mess studded with corn and peanuts and round green peas.
5The enhanced absorption of cholesterol and protein was associated with a reduced rate of flow of chyme through the ileum.