Ringer's solution

[ ring-erz ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. an aqueous solution of the chlorides of sodium, potassium, and calcium in the same concentrations as normal body fluids, used chiefly in the laboratory for sustaining tissue.

Ringer's solution

/ ˈrɪŋəz /

noun

1. a solution containing the chlorides of sodium, potassium, and calcium, used to correct dehydration and, in physiological experiments, as a medium for in vitro preparations

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ringer's solution¹

1890–95; named after Sydney Ringer (1835–1910), English physician

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ringer's solution¹

named after its inventor, Sydney Ringer (1836–1910), British pharmacologist

Example Sentences

Then a nurse may start a line: cold and flu sufferers get hooked up to an IV that contains a Lactated Ringer’s solution, which contains a basic recipe of essential nutrients such as potassium and sodium, along with vitamin C and vitamin B complex, which, Dybis claims, provides an “energy boost.”

From Time

This is a crude method and has been replaced by the U-tube of mercury with connection made to the artery by saline or Ringer's solution.

From Project Gutenberg

Countless bags of Ringer's solution, a blend of water and electrolytes that is dripped into patients to restore their fluid balance, are zipped to patient units across the hospital.

From US News

This cell-free hemoglobin Professor Amberson mixes with Ringer's solution, common table and other salts in distilled water resembling the constitution of blood serum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two Moscow chemico-pharmacists, Theodore Andreiev and Alexei Alexandrovich Kuliabko, pumped a modified Ringer's solution* into the veins of a man dead 29 hours.

From Time Magazine Archive