human body

noun

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of human body¹

First recorded in 1550–60

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In such conditions, the human body adapted for survival in extreme scarcity.

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The mix of animation, photography, projection and motion tangles up an array of lens-based media to dissect representations of the human body.

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Kim Prisk, a professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, has been studying the effects of lunar dust on the human body for decades.

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However, the human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth.

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The answer is noise - and its impact on the human body goes far beyond damaging hearing.

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