chyme
Digested food mush
Chyme is the thick, acidic semifluid mass that food becomes after being partially digested in the stomach.
Gastric juices break down what you've eaten into this pulpy substance, which then passes into the small intestine for further digestion and nutrient absorption.
The word appears almost exclusively in biology and medicine.
Chewed food mass
- pepsinGastric protein-cleaving enzyme
- gastricOf the stomach
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
- hydrochloricDescribing HCl solutions
acid · peristalsis · duodenum · absorption · nutrients · intestinal · amylase · lipase
Digestive organ below chest
- small intestineDigestive absorption organ
- gastrointestinalRelating to digestive tract
- digestive tractInternal food processing passage
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
alimentary · visceral · organ · lumen · secretion · motility · transit · gastroenterology
Fatty lymph from intestines
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
- gastric juiceStomach's dissolving secretion
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
secretion · bolus · lymph · pancreatic juice
bolus
Chewed food mass
hydrochloric · acid · peristalsis · duodenum · absorption · nutrients · intestinal · amylase · lipase · protease
stomach
Digestive organ below chest
- small intestineDigestive absorption organ
- gastrointestinalRelating to digestive tract
- digestive tractInternal food processing passage
gut · alimentary · visceral · organ · lumen · secretion · motility · transit · gastroenterology · enteric
chyle
Fatty lymph from intestines
- bileLiver-made digestive fluid
- gastric juiceStomach's dissolving secretion
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
saliva · secretion · bolus · lymph · pancreatic juice
- digestionstomach acid, swallowing, digesting, chewing, digestion
- stomachstomach, stomach acid, gastric acid, stomach lining, fundus
- body fluidsblood, lymph, saliva, urine, sweat
- digestive tractesophagus, stomach, pharynx, duodenum, mouth
- gut absorptionsmall intestine, villi, microvilli, duodenum, jejunum
- ingestiblesfood, drinks, beverages, medications, pills