English > body substance: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | The substance of the body. |
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| Part of | body, organic structure | The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
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| Narrower | achromatin | The part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes |
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| chromatin, chromatin granule | The readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins |
| humor, humour | (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state |
| linin | An obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended |
| liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour | The liquid parts of the body |
| matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance | The body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
| solid body substance | The solid parts of the body |
| Broader | substance | The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists |
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| Spanish | substancia corporal, sustancia corporal |
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| Catalan | substància corporal |
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