watery+fluid

  • 71hydropneumoperitoneum — The presence of gas and serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity. SYN: pneumohydroperitoneum. [hydro + G. pneuma, air, + peritoneum] * * * n. the presence of fluid and gas in the peritoneal cavity. This may be due either to the introduction of air… …

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  • 72saliva — salivary /sal euh ver ee/, adj. /seuh luy veuh/, n. a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.… …

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  • 73sap — sap1 /sap/, n., v., sapped, sapping. n. 1. the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, esp. of a woody plant. 2. any vital body fluid. 3. energy; vitality. 4. sapwood. 5. Slang. a fool; dupe. 6. Metall. soft metal at the core of a bar of… …

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  • 74urine — /yoor in/, n. the liquid to semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid. [1275 1325; ME < OF < L urina] * * * Liquid solution of metabolic wastes and other, often toxic, substances&#8230; …

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  • 75Aqueous humor — In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally present in the front and rear chambers of the eye. It is a clear, watery fluid that flows between and nourishes the lens and the cornea;&#8230; …

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  • 76endolymph — The fluid contained within the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear; e. resembles intracellular fluid in composition (potassium is the main positively charged ion). SYN: endolympha [TA], Scarpa fluid, Scarpa liquor. * * * …

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  • 77hydropericardium — A noninflammatory accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac. * * * hy·dro·peri·car·di·um .hī drō .per ə kär dē əm n, pl dia dē ə an excess of watery fluid in the pericardial cavity * * * n. accumulation of a clear serous fluid within the&#8230; …

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  • 78water — [wôt′ər, wät′ər] n. [ME &LT; OE wæter, akin to Ger wasser &LT; IE * wodōr &LT; * wed , to wet (&LT; base * awed , to moisten, flow) &GT; Gr hydōr, water, L unda, a wave, Russ voda, water, Ir uisce, water] 1. the colorless, transparent liquid&#8230; …

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  • 79hydragogue — Producing a discharge of watery fluid; denoting a class of cathartics that retain fluids in the intestine and aid in the removal of edematous fluids, e.g., saline cathartics. [hydr + G. agogos, drawing forth] * * * hy·dra·gogue also hy·dra·gog hī …

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  • 80glaucoma — glaucomatous /glaw koh meuh teuhs, kom euh , glow /, adj. /glaw koh meuh, glow /, n. Ophthalm. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open angle&#8230; …

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