total body water (tbw)
1total body water — (TBW) any of various estimates of the water content of the human body, taking into consideration the person s height, weight, and age; used in urea kinetic modeling calculations …
2Body water — In medicine, body water is all of the water content of the human body. A significant fraction of the human body is water. Lean muscle tissue contains about 75% water. Blood contains 95% water, body fat contains 14% water and bone has 22%… …
3TBW — • total body water; • total body weight …
4TBW — Abbreviation for total body water. * * * total body water; total body weight * * * total body water …
5water — 1. H2O; a clear, odorless, tasteless liquid, solidifying at 32°F (0°C, 0°R), and boiling at 212°F (100°C, 80°R), that is present in all animal and vegetable tissues and dissolves more substances than any other liquid. See volume. 2. Euphemism for …
6TBW — abbr. Total Body Water …
7Bioelectrical impedance analysis — (BIA) is a commonly used method for estimating body composition. Since the advent of the first commercially available devices in the mid 1980s the method has become popular owing to its ease of use, portability of the equipment and its relatively …
