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Flesh

Flesh is the soft part of the body of a person or animal which is between the skin and the bones. In ordinary speech, it typically contrasts with bone, as in the merism flesh and bone. It mainly refers to skeletal muscle and associated fat, though it includes all other internal soft tissue. The softness of a human body is generally attributed to flesh, although muscles can also give a notion of hardness.

The word "meat" is normally used instead if animal flesh is intended as food.

In some instances, the term "flesh" will be used to describe the soft interior of fruits, usually the part that is eaten.

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flesh
Sep 05, 2008; flesh / fle sh / • n. the soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of an...
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Flesh-Eating Disease
Jan 01, 2001; FLESH-EATING DISEASE DEFINITION Flesh-eating disease is more properly called necrotizing fasciitis (pronounced nek-ro-TIZE-ing...
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Potential of Nonmelting Flesh Peaches for the Early Season Fresh Market
Apr 01, 2008; Abstract The post-harvest behavior of commercial, moderate-chill, melting flesh peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] cultivars...
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URBAN FLESH
Jan 01, 2005; The Violence of Binaries Through a critical appropriation of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's conception of flesh, Luce Irigaray stresses...
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LEVYING FLESH AND CHARGING SOCIETY, CREDITORS, AND INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR IT: THE IRONY OF INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY AWARDS IN THE BANKRUPTCY ESTATE
Apr 01, 2007; INTRODUCTION A. A Pound of Flesh "If you repay me not on such a day . . . [a pound] [o]f your fair flesh [will] be cut off and...
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