BODY FLUID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does body fluid mean? 

• BODY FLUID (noun)
  The noun BODY FLUID has 1 sense:

1. the liquid parts of the body

  Familiarity information: BODY FLUID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BODY FLUID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The liquid parts of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance

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"):

blood serum; serum (an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates)

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)

aqueous humor; aqueous humour (the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens)

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)

 Context examples 

Any agent or mixture of agents that are used to replenish electrolytes in body fluids, such as sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, chloride and bicarbonate.

(Electrolyte Replacement Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

The blisters may become large and ulcerated, resulting in skin infections and loss of body fluids.

(Epidermolysis bullosa, NCI Thesaurus)

The leakage of body fluid or cells from the vascular system to the surrounding tissues.

(Extravasation, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that breaks up into ions (particles with electrical charges) when it is dissolved in water or body fluids.

(Electrolyte, NCI Dictionary)

It produces microfilariae in the blood and body fluids.

(Dipetalonemiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

Mosquitoes have kidneys (Malpighian tubules) that excrete excess salt and water from their body fluid.

(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)

CMV is spread through close contact with body fluids.

(Cytomegalovirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

They are in your blood, urine and body fluids.

(Fluid and Electrolyte Balance, NIH)

These symptoms may lead to weight loss and loss of body fluids.

(Giardia Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

A penetrating stab wound from a needle (or other sharp object) that may result in exposure to blood or other body fluids.

(Needlestick Puncture, NCI Thesaurus)