Ringer's lactate solution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A solution that is isotonic with blood and used for intravenous application in humans with significant blood loss.

Word forms

Ringer's lactate solution

Etymology

Invented in the early 1880s by Sydney Ringer, British physician and physiologist.

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