human body

American  

noun

human bodies plural

1. 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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• human bodies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of human body

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

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human body

Hotter nights can prolong the stress that heat places on the human body by depriving people of a chance to recover, increasing the risk of heat-related illness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

It is a collision between the demands of her job and some of the deepest machinery in the human body.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

These hairs resemble the fine, short, light colored vellus hairs that cover much of the human body, commonly known as peach fuzz.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Cell cultures, lab animals and computer models remain imperfect stand-ins for the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

But this was very different from the idea of a human body being operated by some kind of guiding spirit which controlled its activities from minute to minute.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin