human body

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of human body

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

Researchers have detected them in deep ocean waters, lakes and rivers, the air, soil, Arctic ice, and even inside the human body.

From Science Daily

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body.

From MarketWatch

What is even more important, though, is whether those drugs actually kill bacteria inside the human body.

From Science Daily

Tumors in the human body contain immune cells called macrophages that are naturally capable of attacking cancer.

From Science Daily

Doctors need to know how the human body is put together, and there is no substitute for dissecting a corpse and looking inside.

From The Wall Street Journal