Definition of Chymous

1. a. Of or pertaining to chyme.

Definition of Chymous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to chyme. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chymous

1. pertaining to chyme [adj] - See also: chyme

Medical Definition of Chymous

1. Relating to chyme. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chymous

chymistry
chymists
chymopapain
chymopoiesis
chymorrhoea
chymosin
chymosinogen
chymosins
chymostatin
chymotropic pigment
chymotrypsin
chymotrypsinogen
chymotrypsinogens
chymotrypsins
chymotryptic
chymous (current term)
chymus
chynd
chyometer
chyometers
chypre
chypres
chyron
chyrons
chyrstal
chyrstals
chytrid
chytridiomycosis
chytrids
chœnices

Literary usage of Chymous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Veterinary Record, and Transactions of the Veterinary Medical Association by Veterinary Medical Association (1845)
"The primary action of bile on the chymous mass is to neutralize its acidity. It next acts as a precipitant on it, separating the nutritious from the ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1833)
"The true actualization would seem to be effected by those vessels, as they are capable of forming the same fluid—chyle— from the chymous mass presented to ..."

3. Human Physiology by Robley Dunglison (1841)
"In the small intestine, we see a chymous mass, possessing all the ... Leuret and Lassaigne,' indeed, affirm, that they have detected chyle in the chymous ..."

4. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1862)
"Entering the intestine—duodenum—by means of the main biliary duct, it commingles with the chymous mass—the digested food—as this passes from the stomach ..."

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