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lactated Ringer's solution

noun

Medical Definition of LACTATED RINGER'S SOLUTION

:  a sterile aqueous solution that is similar to Ringer's solution but contains sodium lactate in addition to calcium chloride, sodium chloride, and potassium chloride—called also Hartmann's solution, lactated Ringer's, Ringer's lactate, Ringer's lactate solution

Biographical Note for LACTATED RINGER'S SOLUTION

S. Ringer —see ringer's fluid

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