extracellular fluid

Noun
  1. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid (synset 105405366)
    "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid"
    is a type of: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance - the liquid parts of the body
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: ecf

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