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BODY FLUID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The liquid parts of the body
Synonyms:
bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("body fluid" is a kind of...):
body substance (the substance of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "body fluid"):
cerebrospinal fluid; spinal fluid (clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord)
festering; ichor; purulence; pus; sanies; suppuration (a fluid product of inflammation)
lochia (substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth)
choler; yellow bile (a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger)
black bile; melancholy (a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy)
secretion (a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell)
ink (dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods)
come; cum; ejaculate; seed; semen; seminal fluid (the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract)
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)
chyle (a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats)
blood serum; serum (an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates)
blood (the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets)
amnionic fluid; amniotic fluid; waters (the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion)
milk (produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young)
karyolymph (a clear liquid in the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus and chromatin and other structures are dispersed)
juice; succus (any of several liquids of the body)
intracellular fluid (liquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes))
ECF; extracellular fluid (liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid)
perilymph (the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear)
endolymph (the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear)
vitreous body; vitreous humor; vitreous humour (the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball)
aqueous humor; aqueous humour (the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens)
Context examples:
Mucins are highly O-glycosylated glycoproteins ubiquitous in mucous secretions on cell surfaces and in body fluids.
(O-Glycan Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
In medicine, having the right pH in the blood and other body fluids is important for the body to work the way it should.
(pH, NCI Dictionary)
A microfluidic device may use body fluids or solutions containing cells or cell parts to diagnose diseases.
(Microfluidic device, NCI Dictionary)
The result of a morphologic observation or a laboratory test performed on a tissue, body fluid, or peripheral blood sample.
(Laboratory Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
It is carried and passed to others through the blood and other body fluids.
(HBV, NCI Dictionary)
A lab-on-a-chip may use body fluids or solutions containing cells or cell parts to diagnose diseases.
(Lab-on-a-chip, NCI Dictionary)
The department responsible for performing chemical and enzymatic analyses of body fluids and tissues.
(Clinical Chemistry, NCI Thesaurus)
The results of any chemical or enzymatic analyses of body fluids and tissues of an organism.
(Clinical Chemistry Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
A biological molecule found in blood, other body fluids, or tissues that is a sign of a normal or abnormal process, or of a condition or disease.
(Biomarker, NCI Dictionary)
In severe cases, rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock.
(Cholera, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
