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Extracellular Fluid

Definition: Extracellular Fluid

Extracellular Fluid

Noun

1. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid; "the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Extracellular Fluid

Synonym: ECF (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Extracellular Fluid

Specialty definitions using "extracellular fluid": base excess. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Extracellular Fluid

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Health

The natural bactericidal activity of human beta defensin-1 is inhibited on CF epithelia because of high extracellular sodium chloride, and correction of the sodium chloride concentration of extracellular fluid holds promise for therapy in CF. Finally, although the feasibility of gene therapy is currently under investigation, this potential "cure" is not anticipated in the near future. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Extracellular Fluid

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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extracellular fluid

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Anagrams: Extracellular Fluid

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-f-i-l-l-l-l-r-r-t-u-u-x"

-5 letters: extracellular.

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Alternative Orthography: Extracellular Fluid


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 78 74 72 61 63 65 6C 6C 75 6C 61 72      46 6C 75 69 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01111000 01110100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01100101 01101100 01101100 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110010 00100000 01000110 01101100 01110101 01101001 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

E x t r a c e l l u l a r   F l u i d

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0078 0074 0072 0061 0063 0065 006C 006C 0075 006C 0061 0072      0046 006C 0075 0069 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3990868467697178788778678424078877570

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