human body

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of human body¹

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

Almost 80 percent of a human body is water, which evaporates with little trouble.

From Freakonomics

They found ACE2 receptors on the cells, but the cells had been cultivated in a laboratory, not a human body.

From Washington Post

Repugnance would seem at least moderately linked to disgust, as it often centers around the human body.

From 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.

From Washington Post

The human body was not intended to take that kind of punishment.

From The Daily Beast

He had experience working on parts for boats, planes and, it appears, the human body.

From The Daily Beast

Since the virus can stay incubated in the human body for up to 21 days, the third step, follow-up, is key.

From The Daily Beast

Three big sunflowers were lying on the still fresh imprint of a human body in the soil in the orphanage yard.

From The Daily Beast

There are videos and performances that often deal with representations of the human body through repetitive tasks.

From The Daily Beast

He was at last discovered on the banks of the Ganges, standing near a human body, which he kept licking.

From Project Gutenberg

So far our attention has been directed to the evolution of the human body, now we must consider that of the human mind.

From Project Gutenberg

The Anglore believes he has left his human body on the ground so as to visit his caverns beneath the Rhone.

From Project Gutenberg

When scientifically administered the fatal dose is less than one billionth the weight of an ordinary human body.

From Project Gutenberg

The human body, after death, is but a mass, incapable of producing any movements the union of which constitutes life.

From Project Gutenberg