body fluid

American  

[bod-ee floo-id] / ˈbɒd i ˌflu ɪd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of body fluid

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

The virus is spread through blood or other body fluids and can be contracted through something as innocuous as sharing a nail clipper or toothbrush, doctors say.

From The Wall Street Journal

They had recently tested whether heat-treated coelomic fluid — the internal body fluid of a sea star — could still trigger the disease when injected into a healthy sea star.

From Los Angeles Times

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