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body fluid
n.
1. A natural bodily fluid or secretion of fluid such as blood, semen, or saliva.
2. Total body water, contained principally in blood plasma and in intracellular and interstitial fluids.
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| Noun | 1. | body fluid - the liquid parts of the body body substance - the substance of the body aqueous humor, aqueous humour - the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens vitreous body, vitreous humor, vitreous humour - the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball endolymph - the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear perilymph - the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear ECF, extracellular fluid - liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid; "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid" intracellular fluid - liquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes) karyolymph - a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed milk - produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young amnionic fluid, amniotic fluid, waters - the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion; "before a woman gives birth her waters break" blood - the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products"; "the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions" blood serum, serum - an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates chyle - a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats lymph - a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels come, seminal fluid, seed - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract ink - dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods secretion - a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell black bile, melancholy - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy yellow bile, choler - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger lochia - substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth cerebrospinal fluid, spinal fluid - clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord |
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