normal saline
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normal saline solution — n PHYSIOLOGICAL SALINE * * * normal salt solution physiologic saline s … Medical dictionary
normal saline — saline … The new mediacal dictionary
normal saline — see saline * * * (NS), physiological saline physiologic saline solution … Medical dictionary
normal saline solution — noun also normal salt solution : physiological saline * * * Pharm. See isotonic sodium chloride solution … Useful english dictionary
normal saline — U.S. Pharmacopoeia title for a sterile solution of sodium chloride in purified water, containing 0.9 gram of sodium chloride in 100 milliliters; isotonic with body fluids. Also known as isotonic sodium chloride solution … Forensic science glossary
normal saline solution — Pharm. See isotonic sodium chloride solution. * * * … Universalium
Saline (medicine) — Saline solution for intravenous infusion. The white port at the base of the bag is where additives can be injected with a hypodermic needle. The port with the blue cover is where the bag is spiked with an infusion set … Wikipedia
Saline — Sal ine, n. 1. (Chem.) A crude potash obtained from beet root residues and other similar sources. [Written also {salin}.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Med. Chem.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
saline — normal saline; = physiological saline; n. a solution containing 0.9% sodium chloride. Saline may be used clinically for irrigating wounds, treating sodium depletion (by intravenous infusion), as a diluent for drugs, and as an ingredient of plasma … The new mediacal dictionary
normal salt solution — noun see normal saline solution … Useful english dictionary
