bodily fluid

collocation in English

meaningsofbodilyandfluid

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bodily
adjective
uk
/ˈbɒd.əl.i/
us
/ˈbɑː.dəl.i/
relating to the ...
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fluid
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfluː.ɪd/
us
/ˈfluː.ɪd/
a substance that flows and is ...
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(Definition ofbodilyandfluidfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbodily fluid

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Everybodilyfluidwas bagged and analyzed.
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Voice is suggestive of abodilyfluidcapable of entry and circulation.
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In that difficult combat environment it is not difficult to envisagebodilyfluidcontamination.
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In the 1930s, a new form of blood andbodilyfluidtesting, serogical testing, became available, with a 40% exclusion rate.
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The man has just gleefully sent me a tub of e-mails, each of which depositsbodilyfluidupon my person.
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Small animals with large infestations can lose enoughbodilyfluidto fleas feeding that dehydration may result.
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He was hospitalized for ascites, and his peritoneal cavity was drained of over 6 liters ofbodilyfluid.
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However, the involvement of older carers in the more unpleasant aspects of nursing care, involving blood, waste products or bodily fluids, is never questioned.
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Where possible, boundaries would be created to contain the presence of unwanted bodily fluids.
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Bodily fluids are viewed as playing a key role in the maintenance of good health.
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Hospitals often use some type of incontinence pad, a small but highly absorbent sheet placed beneath the patient, to deal with incontinence or other unexpected discharges ofbodilyfluid.
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Maghen may be understating the role of bodily fluids and gases in causing the preclusion.
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Table 5 gives a small selection of pairings that identify vegetal foods and other items of inanimate material culture with excreta, organs, tissues, viscous bodily fluids, and bodily decomposition.
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He can also petrify his own bodily fluids and fire them in needle-like projectiles.
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The lungs also disperse bodily fluids, defend the body from a cold or flu, govern the sense of smell, and open in the nose.
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Nu is contained within bodily fluids, bodily substances, and any bodily product.
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Progress in testing methodology has enabled detection of viral genetic material, antigens, and the virus itself in bodily fluids and cells.
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However, the amounts typically present in bodily fluids do not survive nearly as long outside the bodygenerally no more than a few minutes if dry.
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Many other bodily fluids may be drained or aspirated from the body and replaced with the fluid as well.
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