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Chyme vs Pepsin - What's the difference?

chyme | pepsin |

As nouns the difference between chyme and pepsin

is that chyme is the thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum while pepsin is a digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.

chyme

English

(wikipedia chyme)

Noun

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

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    pepsin

    English

    (wikipedia pepsin)

    Noun

  • (enzyme) A digestive enzyme that chemically digests, or breaks down, proteins into shorter chains of amino acids.