human body
the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
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Therapists suspect the jump is due in part to the increased exposure to filtered, Photoshopped pictures of people on social media and the decreased exposure to real human bodies as they actually appear.
Almost 80 percent of a human body is water, which evaporates with little trouble.
They found ACE2 receptors on the cells, but the cells had been cultivated in a laboratory, not a human body.
Repugnance would seem at least moderately linked to disgust, as it often centers around the human body.
Sometimes called “forever chemicals,” certain PFAS take a long time to break down and can accumulate in the environment, drinking water and the human body.
The human body was not intended to take that kind of punishment.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had experience working on parts for boats, planes and, it appears, the human body.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’ | The Center for Investigative Reporting | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSince the virus can stay incubated in the human body for up to 21 days, the third step, follow-up, is key.
Doctors Without Borders Hits Ebola Breaking Point | Abby Haglage, Kent Sepkowitz | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThree big sunflowers were lying on the still fresh imprint of a human body in the soil in the orphanage yard.
In the Killing Fields of Ukraine with Children Who Saw the MH17 Horror | Anna Nemtsova | July 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are videos and performances that often deal with representations of the human body through repetitive tasks.
He was at last discovered on the banks of the Ganges, standing near a human body, which he kept licking.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferSo far our attention has been directed to the evolution of the human body, now we must consider that of the human mind.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThe Anglore believes he has left his human body on the ground so as to visit his caverns beneath the Rhone.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerWhen scientifically administered the fatal dose is less than one billionth the weight of an ordinary human body.
The human body, after death, is but a mass, incapable of producing any movements the union of which constitutes life.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean Meslier
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