| NOUN | body | ECF, extracellular fluid | liquid / liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid / liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid |
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| Meaning | liquid / liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid / liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid. | |
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| Synonym | extracellular fluid | |
| Narrower | interstitial fluid | liquid / liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body |
| plasma, plasm, blood plasma | The colorless watery fluid of the blood and lymph that contains no cells, but in which the blood cells (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes) are suspended | |
| Broader | liquid body substance, bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour | The liquid parts of the body |
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