kimus

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χῡμός (khūmós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkimʊs/
  • Rhymes: -mʊs, -ʊs, -s
  • Hyphenation: ki‧mus

Noun

kimus (plural kimus-kimus)

  1. (physiology) chyme: the thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum

Alternative forms

  • kim (Standard Malay)

Further reading

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