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Definition of Bodily fluid
1. Noun. The liquid parts of the body.
Generic synonyms: Body Substance
Specialized synonyms: Aqueous Humor, Aqueous Humour, Vitreous Body, Vitreous Humor, Vitreous Humour, Endolymph, Perilymph, Ecf, Extracellular Fluid, Intracellular Fluid, Juice, Succus, Karyolymph, Milk, Amnionic Fluid, Amniotic Fluid, Waters, Blood, Blood Serum, Serum, Chyle, Lymph, Come, Cum, Ejaculate, Seed, Semen, Seminal Fluid, Ink, Secretion, Black Bile, Melancholy, Choler, Yellow Bile, Lochia, Festering, Ichor, Purulence, Pus, Sanies, Suppuration, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Spinal Fluid
Derivative terms: Humoral
Definition of Bodily fluid
1. Noun. (anatomy) Any liquid portion of the body, such as blood, urine, semen, saliva, especially when expelled. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bodily Fluid
Literary usage of Bodily fluid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Outline of psychobiology by Knight Dunlap (1917)
"Secretion is the production from the bodily fluids—or, in some cases, the mere
separation from the bodily fluid—of substances which are directly useful to ..."
2. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"... as sodium bicarbonate, will cause morbidity due to induction of metabolic
alkalosis at levels well below those that will affect bodily fluid osmolarity. ..."
3. A Modern Form of Slavery: Trafficking of Burmese Women and Girls Into by Dorothy Q. Thomas, Sidney Jones (1993)
"ELISA, or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and Western blot are two tests for
detecting the presence of antibodies in blood serum (or other bodily fluid) ..."
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