physiological salt solution

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. isotonic sodium chloride solution.

Word History and Origins

Origin of physiological salt solution¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

That the poison of the Russian tarantula is not soluble in physiological salt solution, is exceedingly improbable.

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On teasing such fleas in physiological salt solution and inoculating them into fresh rats they were able to produce the infection.

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