Chy

Chy is a short form that appears occasionally in English texts but is not a standard term in science or medicine. In most contexts, chy is a truncation of chyme, the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food produced in the stomach and released into the small intestine. Chyme derives from Greek khymos, meaning juice or fluid. When used as shorthand, chy may appear in notes, diagrams, or quick-reference materials where space is limited, but it is not appropriate for formal medical writing, where chyme should be used instead. Outside such shorthand, chy has no widely recognized definition in anatomy or physiology.

As a proper noun or nickname, chy can occur in rare cases; it may function as a given name, surname, or fictional character name in some works. These uses are not standardized and are highly dependent on context. There is no universally accepted list of meanings for chy, and it should not be treated as a technical term unless the surrounding text clearly defines it as a shorthand or a name.

See also chyme.