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 

• ISOTONIC SOLUTION (noun)

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)