Bolus vs. Chyme

Bolusnoun

A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.

Bolusnoun

A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.

Bolusverb

(intransitive) To take a dose of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes.

Bolusnoun

A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.

Bolusnoun

a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)

Bolusnoun

a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine

Chymenoun

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

Chymenoun

The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

Chymenoun

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

Chyme

Chyme or chymus (; from Greek χυμός khymos, ) is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by a person's stomach, through the pyloric valve, into the duodenum (the beginning of the small intestine). Chyme results from the mechanical and chemical breakdown of a bolus and consists of partially digested food, water, hydrochloric acid, and various digestive enzymes.