extracellular fluid

extracellular fluid definition - medical

extracellular fluid

noun Abbr. ECF
  1. The interstitial fluid and the plasma, constituting about 20 percent of the weight of the body.
  2. All fluid outside of cells, usually excluding transcellular fluid.

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