human body
Americannoun
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human bodies
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of human body
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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His lab identified it years ago as one of the thousands of peptides that act as chemical messengers in the human body, one he believed might someday have therapeutic uses for humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Over time, the human body became remarkably good at guarding its energy reserves through complex biological defenses wired into the brain.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Although it is the hardest tissue in the human body, enamel contains no living cells and cannot repair itself once it has been lost.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 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
That was one of the reasons why Archie had never been attracted to sports—he hated the secretions of the human body, pee or perspiration.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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