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Saline solution   /səlˈin səlˈuʃən/   Listen
Saline solution

noun
1.
An isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water.  Synonym: saline.






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"Saline solution" Quotes from Famous Books



... especially from the epinephrin, is from small doses frequently repeated. Sometimes in serious emergencies it has been found to be of value when given intravenously in physiologic saline solution. The close, of course, should be very small. In circulatory weakness in acute illness, epinephrin has been given regularly, a few drops (perhaps the most frequent dose is 5) of a 1: 1,000 solution, on the tongue, once in six hours. Such a dosage may be of value, and certainly is better than the ...
— DISTURBANCES OF THE HEART • OLIVER T. OSBORNE, A.M., M.D.

... squeezing off a little blob of pink material. Fuzzy seemed to sense what Dal wanted; obligingly he thrust out a little pseudopod which Dal pinched off into the beaker. With the addition of a small amount of saline solution, the tissue dissolved into thin, ...
— Star Surgeon • Alan Nourse



Words linked to "Saline solution" :   isosmotic solution, saline, isotonic solution



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