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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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Origin of human body

First recorded in 1550–60

Words nearby human body

Hulse, hum, Humacao, human, human being, human body, human capital, human chorionic gonadotropin, humane, human ecology, human embryonic stem cell

How to use human body in a sentence

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.
The loneliness of an interrupted adolescence|Ellen McCarthy|February 11, 2021|Washington Post
Almost 80 percent of a human body is water, which evaporates with little trouble.
How to Be Better at Death (Ep. 450)|Maria Konnikova|February 4, 2021|Freakonomics
They found ACE2 receptors on the cells, but the cells had been cultivated in a laboratory, not a human body.
New diabetes cases linked to covid-19|Erin Blakemore|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Repugnance would seem at least moderately linked to disgust, as it often centers around the human body.
The Downside of Disgust (Ep. 448)|Stephen J. Dubner|January 21, 2021|Freakonomics

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.
U.S. regulator finalizes rule banning banks from refusing loans to some business sectors||January 14, 2021|Washington Post
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|DAILY BEAST
He 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|DAILY BEAST
Since 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|DAILY BEAST
Three 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|DAILY BEAST
There are videos and performances that often deal with representations of the human body through repetitive tasks.
The Artist Who Gets Away With Everything|Justin Jones|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 Pfeiffer
So 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 Morris
The Anglore believes he has left his human body on the ground so as to visit his caverns beneath the Rhone.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
When scientifically administered the fatal dose is less than one billionth the weight of an ordinary human body.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
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