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liquid body substance

liquid body substance

4.1
A fluid found in a living body, like blood or saliva
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : sustancia líquida del cuerpo
  • During the medical examination, the doctor collected samples of several liquid body substances for testing.

Examples

  • Samples of various liquid body substances, including saliva and serum, were analyzed for diagnosis.

  • The presence of infection can often be detected through changes in liquid body substances.

  • Blood is one of the most important liquid body substances circulating in our bodies.

  • Blood is a vital liquid body substance.

  • What is the main liquid body substance in humans?

  • Blood is one of the vital liquid body substances that transport oxygen throughout the body.

  • The doctor explained that lymph is a crucial liquid body substance involved in the immune response.

Synonyms

bodily fluid
vsliquid body substance
  • Specialized
14 3.3

A liquid the body makes, like blood, urine, or saliva

focuses on examples such as blood and lymph rather than urine
body fluid
vsliquid body substance
  • Specialized
7 2.8

A liquid from the body of people and animals, for example blood, saliva or urine

prefers examples like blood and lymph instead of urine

Surface Forms

liquid body substance singular
liquid body substances plural

Morphology

liquid + body + substance

The phrase is fully compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'liquid' (a flowing material), 'body' (physical organism), and 'substance' (matter) can readily infer it refers to fluids found in the body (e.g., blood, saliva). This follows standard noun + noun composition and has clear parallels in other languages, so the meaning is immediately derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Liquid body substance is a simple, literal label: liquid means wet fluid, body means from a person or animal, and substance means a thing. So it means 'fluids from a living body', like blood, saliva, or lymph.