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chyme

noun/kaɪm/

C2CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The semifluid, partially digested mass of food and gastric secretions that passes into the duodenum.

Acidic chyme entering the duodenum stimulated the release of secretin.

Topic: Gastroenterology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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