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

These categories are useful, but they can overlook important differences between populations that have adapted to different environments within the human body.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

The human body would immediately identify the organ as foreign and launch a devastating immune assault that would destroy the kidney.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Which may well be why so many musical instruments so often mirror the curves, contours and parts of the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Ohl criticised the "biological view" being pushed online that the human body is "capital" to be exploited by taking chemical substances to improve one's physical appearance.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

But when mixed with water, which is how it courses through the human body, it is only about thirty-five percent.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan