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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body fluid - the liquid parts of the bodybodily fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humorbody substance - the substance of the bodyaqueous humor, aqueous humour - the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lensvitreous body, vitreous humor, vitreous humour - the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeballendolymph - the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner earperilymph - the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner earECF, 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)succus, juice - any of several liquids of the body; "digestive juices"karyolymph - a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersedmilk - produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their youngamnionic 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 coagulateschyle - a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fatslymph - a thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vesselscome, cum, ejaculate, semen, seminal fluid, seed - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tractink - dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopodssecretion - a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cellblack bile, melancholy - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholyyellow bile, choler - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and angerlochia - substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirthsanies, suppuration, festering, ichor, purulence, pus - a fluid product of inflammationcerebrospinal fluid, spinal fluid - clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord

body fluid

(1) Any fluid in the body including blood, urine, saliva, sputum, tears, semen, milk, or vaginal secretions
(2) A term often used with specific reference to those fluids to which health care workers might reasonably be exposed—e.g., blood, urine, saliva, semen

body fluid

1. Any fluid in the body including blood, urine, saliva, sputum, tears, semen, milk, or vaginal secretions.2. BF is often used with specific reference to those fluids to which health care workers might reasonably be exposed including blood, urine, saliva, and semen.

body fluid

A fluid found in one of the fluid compartments of the body. The principal fluid compartments are intracellular and extracellular. A much smaller segment, the transcellular, includes fluid in the tracheobronchial tree, the gastrointestinal tract, and the bladder; cerebrospinal fluid; and the aqueous humor of the eye. The chemical composition of fluids in the various compartments is carefully regulated. In a normal 154 lb (70 kg) adult human male, 60% of total body weight (i.e., 42 L) is water; in a normal adult female is 55% of total body weight is water (39 L). See: acid-base balance; fluid replacement; fluid balanceSee also: fluid

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noun the liquid parts of the body

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