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EXTRACELLULAR FLUID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
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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