# "There are over twenty bodily fluids present in the human body"

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**Created:** [April 24, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-over-twenty-bodily-fluids-present-in-the-human-body/686881 "2014-04-24T18:34:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-over-twenty-bodily-fluids-present-in-the-human-body/686881/21 "2014-04-24T21:11:34Z")

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\*\* “There are over twenty bodily fluids present in the human body” \*\*

> [@Encinitas](#):
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> “…and I am proud to say I have tasted all of them.” Thus spoke Harry Dean Stanton in _Young Doctors in Love_.

What else do rich doctors do with poor med students?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-over-twenty-bodily-fluids-present-in-the-human-body/686881/22 "2014-04-24T21:22:05Z")

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Is pre-ejaculatory fluid (pre-cum) an example of something else, or a distinct fluid?

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-over-twenty-bodily-fluids-present-in-the-human-body/686881/23 "2014-04-24T21:23:39Z")

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I suppose it is seminal fluid with semen the final product.

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**Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-over-twenty-bodily-fluids-present-in-the-human-body/686881/24 "2014-04-24T21:30:24Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> Is pre-ejaculatory fluid (pre-cum) an example of something else, or a distinct fluid?

My understanding is that it generally doesn’t contain sperm (but not always, use a condom kids!), so I guess its different.

But that kind of takes us back to the problem of when a fluid is distinct. A lot of bodily fluids are mixtures of other bodily fluids. Not really clear what actually counts as being different.

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