See Also: Body cell mass(health)
Body mass index (BMI)(health)
Body Mass Index(health)
body mass index(medicine)
Inner cell mass(health)
inner cell mass(medicine)
Cell body(medicine)
nerve cell body(medicine)
carotid body cell(medicine)
foreign body giant cell(medicine)

Body cell mass (health)


The total mass of all the cellular elements in the body which constitute all the metabolically active tissue of the body. There is depletion of the body cell mass (BCM) that is characteristic of wasting of the body common with chronic diseases such as AIDS and terminal cancer.