Ringer's solution

Ringer's solution definition - medical

Ringer's solution

noun
  1. A solution resembling blood serum in its salt constituents, containing sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride in water, used topically for burns and wounds.
  2. A salt solution usually used in combination with naturally occurring body substances or with more complex chemically defined nutritive solutions for culturing animal cells.
  3. Ringer's injection.

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