chyme

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/kaɪm/

noun

The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

OriginLate Latin chymus ← Ancient Greek χυμός →
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Meanings

nounchyme (usually uncountable, plural chymes)

plural chymes · alternative chymus

  1. uncountableusuallyThe thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχυμός“juice”
  2. Late Latinchymus
  3. Englishchyme

From Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice”).

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Translations

Afrikaans spysbry
  • spysbrypartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Arabic كَيْمُوس
  • كَيْمُوس (kaymūs)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Basque kimo
  • kimopartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Bengali পাকমণ্ড
  • পাকমণ্ড (pakmonḍo)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Bulgarian химус
  • химус (himus)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Catalan quim
  • quimpartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Chinese Cantonese 食糜
  • 食糜 (sik⁶ mei⁴)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Chinese Mandarin 食糜
  • 食糜 (shímí)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Czech trávenina
  • tráveninapartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Dutch spijsbrij
  • spijsbrijpartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Esperanto ĥimo
  • ĥimopartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Finnish ruokasula
  • ruokasulapartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
French chyme
  • chymepartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
German Chymus
  • Chymuspartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Hungarian gyomortartalom, ételpép
  • gyomortartalompartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • ételpéppartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • gyomorpéppartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • bélbennékpartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Icelandic fæðumauk
  • fæðumaukpartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Indonesian kimus
  • kimuspartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Italian chimo
  • chimopartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Japanese 糜粥
  • 糜粥 (bijaku)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Korean 유미즙
  • 유미즙 (yumijeup)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Latvian hīms
  • hīmspartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Malay kim
  • kimpartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Persian کیموس
  • کیموس (kimus)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Polish chymus, chym
  • chymuspartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
  • chympartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Portuguese quimo
  • quimopartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Russian хи́мус
  • хи́мус (xímus)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Spanish quimo
  • quimopartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Swedish kymus
  • kymuspartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Tagalog kimo
  • kimopartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Ukrainian хі́мус
  • хі́мус (xímus)partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Vietnamese nhũ chấp
  • nhũ chấppartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum
Welsh treulfwyd
  • treulfwydpartly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chyme

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Anagrams

chemy
Cite this entry
APA

chyme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chyme

MLA

“chyme.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chyme. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chyme,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chyme.

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