isotonic sodium chloride solution
noun Pharmacology.
an aqueous solution of 0.9 percent sodium chloride, isotonic with the blood and tissue fluid, used in medicine chiefly for bathing tissue and, in sterile form, as a solvent for drugs that are to be administered parenterally to replace body fluids.
Also called
normal saline solution,
physiological salt solution,
physiological sodium chloride solution.
Compare
Ringer's solution.
Origin of isotonic sodium chloride solution
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby isotonic sodium chloride solution
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