Disparity

[Dave Turner]

Jim Moskowitz wrote:
> 
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> [Kir]  2 points for voting + 4 points from voters = 6 points
> mesenchyme -n- digestive fluid found in the second stomach of
>   ruminants.
> 1 point from Dave Turner
> "1, even though I'm wary of all this digestin'" - MYSchaner
> 2 points from Linda
> "Cud that out!" - Pierre
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> [Linda] 1 point for voting + 1 point from voter = 2 points
> mesenchyme, n.  An intermediate product of
>   digestion, found in the upper intestines shortly before the remaining
>   nutrients are removed.
> 1 point from Hutch
> "Mine-I thought of this as the bagasses of the bowels" - Linda.
> "Someone else thinking of chyme" - Pierre
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> 
> ...so what *was* it about the first digestion definition that made so many
> more people vote for it than for the second?

Well, the phrase "shortly before the remaining nutrients are removed" is
not so good (like I have any room to talk :), because it makes it hard
to place in a sequence.  So, if I were writing a dictionary describing a
process, I would describe each step in terms of the previous step
("shortly after filtering by the liver").  Also, "an intermediate
product" did not sound as likely as "digestive fluid".

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