Bolus vs Chyme - What's the difference?

bolus | chyme |


As nouns the difference between bolus and chyme

is that bolus is a round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal while chyme is the thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

bolus

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
  • A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.

    • Usage notes

    * (term) is the somewhat more common plural form of (bolus) in scholarly use.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "bolus") ----

    chyme

    English

    (wikipedia chyme)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

    • Anagrams

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