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EXTRACELLULAR FLUID

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid

Example:

the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid

Synonyms:

ECF; extracellular fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("extracellular fluid" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extracellular fluid"):

interstitial fluid (liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body)

blood plasma; plasm; 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)

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