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PHYSIOLOGIC SALINE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology
DEF

An aqueous isotonic solution of sodium chloride that is used for the temporary storage of cell and cell constituents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
DEF

Solution isotonique dans laquelle entre presque toujours du chlorure de sodium et parfois du bicarbonate de sodium ou du glucose. Elle est employée après stérilisation, en injections sous-cutanées, intraveineuses ou rectales.

OBS

Le terme soluté physiologique remplace (Codex, 1926) celui de sérum artificiel ou physiologique.

Spanish

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