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Chyme


CHYME, noun That particular modification which food assumes after it has undergone the action of the stomach.

Among the older authors, juice; chyle, or the finest part of the chyle contained in the lacteals and thoracic duct; any humor incrassated by concoction, whether fit or unfit for preserving and nourishing the body.