extravascular fluid

extravascular fluid

n.

All fluid outside the blood vessels, comprising both intracellular and transcellular fluids and constituting about 48 percent to 58 percent of the body weight.

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extravascular fluid

[-vas′kyələr]

Etymology: L, extra, outside, vasculum, small vessel, fluere, to flow

fluid in the body that is outside the blood vessels. Examples include lymph and cerebrospinal fluid.