English > bodily fluid: 1 sense > noun 1, bodyMeaning | The liquid parts of the body. |
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Synonyms | liquid body substance, body fluid, humor, humour |
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Narrower | amniotic fluid, amnionic fluid, waters | The serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion |
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aqueous humor, aqueous humour | The limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens |
black bile, melancholy | A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy |
blood | The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets |
chyle | A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats |
endolymph | The bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear |
extracellular fluid, ECF | liquid / liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid / liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid |
ink | dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods |
intracellular fluid | liquid / liquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes) |
juice, succus | Any of several liquids / liquids of the body |
karyolymph | A clear liquid / liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed |
lochia | Substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth |
lymph | A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle |
milk | produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young |
perilymph | The bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear |
pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering | A fluid product of inflammation |
secretion | A functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell |
semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come | The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract |
serum, blood serum | An amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates |
spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid | Clear liquid / liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain |
vitreous humor, vitreous humour, vitreous body | The clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball |
yellow bile, choler | A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger / anger |
Broader | body substance | The substance of the body |
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Spanish | fluido corporal, humor |
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Catalan | fluid corporal, humor |
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