Ringer's solution

Ringer's solution

n.

1. A solution resembling blood serum in its salt constituents, containing sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride in water, used topically for burns and wounds.

2. A salt solution usually used in combination with naturally occurring body substances or with more complex chemically defined nutritive solutions for culturing animal cells.

3. Ringer's injection.

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Ringer's solution

a sterile solution of sodium chloride, potassium chloride and calcium chloride in purified water, a physiological salt solution for topical use. See also lactated ringer's solution.