flesh (redirected from flesh and blood)

flesh (flesh)

1. muscular tissue.

2. skin.

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goose flesh  cutis anserina.

proud flesh  exuberant amounts of soft, edematous, granulation tissue developing during healing of large surface wounds.

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flesh (flsh)

n.

The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat.

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fleshy adj.

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flesh,

the soft, muscular tissues of the body. See also muscle.

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flesh

the soft muscular tissue of the animal body.

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flesh flies

large blowflies of the subfamily Sarcophaginae and the genera Sarcophaga and Wohlfahrtia.

flesh marks

patches on a horse's skin where there is no normal skin pigment.

milky flesh

myoliquefaction observed at necropsy in teleosts; caused by infection with myxosporeans of the genera Kudoa, Unicapsula, Chloromyxum, Henneguya. Also thought to be sometimes associated with infections by microsporidia.

proud flesh

exuberant amounts of soft, edematous, unhealthy-looking granulation tissue developing during healing of large surface wounds.

flesh side

the rough side of leather or skin; the side that was undermost in the live state.

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flesh

Skin and/or muscle. See Fish flesh, Proud flesh.