Ringer's lactate solution

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

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

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

The neighborhood

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