body fluid

[ bod-ee floo-id ]

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noun

any of various types of fluid found in the body of a human or animal, as blood or urine.

First recorded in 1720–30

On his knees, fighting the waves of pain, he lost body fluid he vitally needed.

In every muscle the connective tissue is loose enough to allow body fluid to penetrate among the muscle cells.

Both the larv and adults of the monarch butterfly are distasteful to birds, by their possession of an acrid body-fluid.

Is there any way we can get some of his body fluid away from him?

There was a slight spurt of body fluid as the chitinous armor was partly broken.

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