Achymia

/əˈkɪmiə/ noun

Definition

A medical condition characterized by the absence of chyme, the semi-liquid food mixture that results from digestion in the stomach.

Etymology

From Greek 'a-' (without) and 'chymos' (juice), literally 'without juice.' This describes the absence of the normal viscous digestive product needed for proper intestinal digestion.

Kelly Says

Achymia reveals how specific medical conditions affect digestion stages—the stomach produces chyme, which then moves to the small intestine, so achymia means the whole digestive cascade fails downstream.

Translations

AFAfrikaans
achymia
BGБългарски
ахимиа
ETEesti
achymia
EUEuskara
achymia
GLGalego
achimia
HRHrvatski
achimija
LTLietuvių
achimija
LVLatviešu
achimija
MNМонгол
ахимиа
SKSlovenčina
achimia
SLSlovenščina
achimija
SRСрпски
ахимиа

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