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fluid

/ˈflu.ɪd/ noun B2
  1. Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas). (countable, uncountable)
  3. Intravenous fluids. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)

Plural fluids

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I have no doubt, however, that we shall be able to obtain the characteristic reaction.” As he spoke, he threw into the vessel a few white crystals, and then added some drops of a transparent fluid.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 7 · B2
Go into my cell as quickly as you can; draw out one of the feet that support the bed; you will find it has been hollowed out for the purpose of containing a small phial you will see there half-filled with a red-looking fluid.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 177 · C1
Without the natural rhythm of daylight to regulate our biological clocks, the passage of time becomes strangely fluid and abstract.
Letter from the Ice, p. 1 · C1

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