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Definition of Chymifies
1. chymify [v] - See also: chymify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chymifies
Literary usage of Chymifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of by William Beaumont, Andrew Combe (1838)
"There is no ground for the opinion inferred, that the gastric juice never leaves
the parietes of the stomach, except as it chymifies food. ..."
2. Mechanical vibratory stimulation: Its Theory and Application in the by Maurice F. Pilgrim (1911)
"This peristaltic action compresses the ingested mass of food, chymifies and
propels it forward through the pylorus into the duodenum. ..."
3. The Philosophy of Living by Herbert Mayo (1838)
"stomach, quickly penetrates and rapidly chymifies it. When, on the contrary, food
is hard and close-grained, it is proportionately difficult of digestion. ..."
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