HUMAN BODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human body mean? 

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

1. alternative names for the body of a human being

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN BODY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alternative names for the body of a human being

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anatomy; bod; build; chassis; figure; flesh; form; frame; human body; material body; physical body; physique; shape; soma

Context example:

the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

Hypernyms ("human body" is a kind of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "human body"):

person (a human body (usually including the clothing))

juvenile body (the body of a young person)

adult body (the body of an adult human being)

male body (the body of a male human being)

female body (the body of a female human being)

Holonyms ("human body" is a part of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

homo; human; human being; man (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)

 Context examples 

Cells in the human body often need to move in particular directions.

(New Mechanism of Cell Movement Revealed, NIH)

For years, scientists have studied the effects of different types of exercise on the human body, but never before at this level of molecular precision.

(Molecular Response of Muscle to Different Types of Exercise Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

By displaying the different velocities we can cut this cosmic bubble into virtual slices just as we do in computer tomography of a human body.

(Ageing Star Blows Off Smoky Bubble, ESO)

But a human body is a different matter.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These industrial chemicals are powerful endocrine disruptors that mimic the activity of the human body's most active thyroid hormone.

(Bacteria living in marine sponge produce toxic compounds found in man-made products, NSF)

Many of these code for proteins, the building blocks that make up the human body.

(Detailed genetic study provides most comprehensive map of risk to date of breast cancer risk, University of Cambridge)

Such gut bacteria comprise a larger community of microorganisms, called the microbiota, that live on or in the human body.

(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

A class of compounds found in food believed to have biological activity in the human body.

(Bioactive Food Component, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Some live in the human body.

(Fungal Infections, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

A surgical procedure that places something in the human body.

(Implantation, NCI Thesaurus)