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IN normal man osmolality, or concentration of osmotically active solutes in body fluids or total body water, is remarkably constant despite large variations in water and solute intake and excretion.

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Indiana University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Just as a fish never stops to think about the water in which it spends its entire life, so do many human beings rarely pause to ...