- a liquid; a substance that can flow
- body fluids (= for example, blood)
- The doctor told him to drink plenty of fluids.
- cleaning fluid
Extra Examples- It's important to replace fluids and salts that are lost during exercise.
- Retaining excess fluid could be a problem.
- They drained a lot of fluid from his lungs.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excess
- amniotic
- bodily
- …
- drain
- drink
- lose
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from French fluide or Latin fluidus, from fluere ‘to flow’.Want to learn more?
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