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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.
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Origin of isotonic sodium chloride solution1
First recorded in 1965–70
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