chyme \ˈkīm\ noun: the semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum
Etymology: New Latin chymus, from Late Latin, chyle, from Greek chymos juice
The word chyme—it looks handsome, it sounds sharp and its meaning is vaguely off-putting. What more could you ask for?
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any word relating to duodenum is AOK with me!
tiny kitn,
Duodenum is another word they can be stressed more than one way: du-ODD-enum or duo-DEE-num. Which do you use?
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