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which of the following terms refers to a situation in which fluid is trapped in a body cavity and is no longer available as circulating blood volume?
a) Dehydration.
b) Third-soacing.
c) Hypovolemia.
d) water retention
Answer is third spacing option b. Not third soacing. It is the term that describes accumulated fluids in the interstitial spaces. It is physiologically useless because it does not circulate to provide the nutrients.