body fluid

[ bod-ee floo-id ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of body fluid¹

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

Marburg, which is not airborne, can be transmitted by exposure to fruit bats and between people via body fluids through unprotected sex and broken skin.

From BBC

The virus, formerly known as monkeypox, spreads through “close contact with body fluids, sores, shared bedding or clothing or respiratory droplets,” the county health department said.

From Los Angeles Times

"Our long-term goal is to utilise microfluidics to develop ultra-sensitive analysis of human body fluids, to assist precision medicine against diseases, and to benefit human health."

From Science Daily

He and his colleagues, he recalled, soon determined that the infection was “spread by close contact with infected body fluids,” and that it had been propagated at a rural hospital that was using unsterilized needles.

From New York Times

The contents of an unattended campsite — especially a cassette player and a mirror — prove transfixing and unnerving; a paved road provokes the evacuation of every available body fluid.

From New York Times