كَيْمُوسٌ
Root: كمس
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كَيْمُوسٌ
[Chyme; from the Greek
χυμός ;] a term applied by the physicians to the food when it is digested in the stomach before it departs thence and becomes blood; also called كَيْلُوسٌ: [but the latter word more properly signifies “ chyle, ” and in this sense is used by modern physicians:] a certain mixture or humour (خِلْطٌ): a Syriac word: [or Greek, as mentioned above:] Az says, that كَيْمُوسَاتٌ, as used by the physicians, signifies the four humours; and is not Arabic, but ancient Greek.
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