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chyme

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chyme (kim) the semifluid, creamy material produced by digestion of food.
chyme (km)
n.
The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

chymous (kms) adj.

chyme
the semifluid, homogeneous, creamy or gruel-like material produced by action of the gastric juice on ingested food and discharged through the pylorus into the duodenum.

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Yet it is unclear to what extent mobilized HOCs are absorbed, and what the effect is of constituents such as bile, proteins, and fatty acids in chyme on intestinal absorption and bioavailability of HOCs.
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