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ISOTONIC SOLUTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does isotonic solution mean?
• ISOTONIC SOLUTION (noun)
The noun ISOTONIC SOLUTION has 1 sense:
1. a solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood
Familiarity information: ISOTONIC SOLUTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
isosmotic solution; isotonic solution
Hypernyms ("isotonic solution" is a kind of...):
solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "isotonic solution"):
Ringer's solution; Ringer solution (an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations)
saline; saline solution (an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water)
Context examples
An isotonic solution containing macrogol 3350 and electrolytes with laxative activity.
(Macrogol 3350-Based Iso-Osmotic Laxative, NCI Thesaurus)
A sterile, non-pyrogenic, isotonic solution of radioactive indium In 111 diethylenetriamine pentaacetate (DTPA).
(Indium In 111 Pentetate, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic, nonionic hydroxyethyl derivative of starch used as a plasma expander when prepared in an isotonic solution.
(Hetastarch, NCI Thesaurus)
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