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

Hotter nights can prolong the stress that heat places on the human body by depriving people of a chance to recover, increasing the risk of heat-related illness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

However, the simplified laboratory system cannot fully reproduce the complexity of the human body.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

While drugmakers are using AI extensively in the drug-development process, the technology’s magic can’t neatly transform an arduous process of identifying promising molecules and then testing them extensively on the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

“I show the human body; they’re dancing,” Byrd says, defending her program in an archival clip.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

He, like most doctors then, believed that the human body held approximately twenty-five pounds of blood.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy