(physiologic) saline

  • 1physiologic saline solution — physiologic salt solution, physiologic sodium chloride solution a 0.9 per cent aqueous solution of sodium chloride, which is isotonic with blood serum …

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  • 2Saline — Relating to salt. As an adjective, saline means salty, containing salt. As a noun saline is a salt solution, often adjusted to the normal salinity of the human body. Salt, in medicine, is referring to sodium chloride. Sodium chloride is common… …

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  • 3normal saline solution — n PHYSIOLOGICAL SALINE * * * normal salt solution physiologic saline s …

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  • 4normal saline — see saline * * * (NS), physiological saline physiologic saline solution …

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  • 5PhyS — physiologic saline [solution] * * * phys abbr 1) physical 2) physician 3) physiological …

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  • 6PhyS — • physiologic saline [solution] …

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  • 7Culture — A culture is the propagation of microorganisms in a growth media. Any body tissue or fluid can be evaluated in the laboratory by culture techniques in order to detect and identify infectious processes. Culture techniques also be used to determine …

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  • 8hypodermoclysis — Subcutaneous injection of a saline or other solution. [hypo + G. derma, skin, + klysis, a washing out] * * * hy·po·der·moc·ly·sis dər mäk lə səs n, pl ly·ses .sēz subcutaneous injection of fluids (as saline or glucose solution) * * * …

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  • 9Fluid replacement — or fluid resuscitation is the medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid lost through sweating, bleeding, fluid shifts or other pathologic processes. Fluids can be replaced via oral administration (drinking), intravenous administration,… …

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  • 10PS — metric horsepower [Ger. Pferdestarke]; pacemaker syndrome; pain stimulation; paired stimulation; pancreozymin secretin; paradoxical sleep; paralaryngeal space; paranoid schizophrenia; paraspinal; para sympathetic; Parkinson syndrome; parotid… …

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