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Meaning of "saline drip" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SALINE DRIP

saline drip  [ˈseɪlaɪn drɪp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SALINE DRIP

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Saline drip is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SALINE DRIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

saline drip

Intravenous therapy

Intravenous therapy is the infusion of liquid substances directly into a vein. The word intravenous simply means "within vein". Therapies administered intravenously are often called specialty pharmaceuticals. It is commonly referred to as a drip because many systems of administration employ a drip chamber, which prevents air from entering the blood stream, and allows an estimation of flow rate. Intravenous therapy may be used to correct electrolyte imbalances, to deliver medications, for blood transfusion or as fluid replacement to correct, for example, dehydration. Intravenous therapy can also be used for chemotherapy. A patient receiving intravenous fluid Compared with other routes of administration, the intravenous route is the fastest way to deliver fluids and medications throughout the body.

Definition of saline drip in the English dictionary

The first definition of saline drip in the dictionary is the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water. Other definition of saline drip is an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water. Saline drip is also the equipment used to administer an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SALINE DRIP


airstrip
ˈɛəˌstrɪp
atrip
əˈtrɪp
dragstrip
ˈdræɡstrɪp
drip
drɪp
eavesdrip
ˈiːvzˌdrɪp
ego-trip
ˈiːɡəʊˌtrɪp
grip
ɡrɪp
grippe
ɡrɪp
handgrip
ˈhændˌɡrɪp
nondrip
ˌnɒnˈdrɪp
outstrip
ˌaʊtˈstrɪp
rip
rɪp
ripp
rɪp
round-trip
raʊnd trɪp
scrip
skrɪp
strip
strɪp
trip
trɪp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SALINE DRIP

salification
salified
salifies
salify
saligot
Salii
salimeter
salimetric
salimetry
salina
saline
saline solution
Salinger
salinisation
salinity
salinization
salinize
salinometer
salinometric
salinometry

WORDS THAT END LIKE SALINE DRIP

boat trip
business trip
cartoon strip
coach trip
comic strip
day trip
ego trip
field trip
film strip
Gaza Strip
intravenous drip
landing strip
pistol grip
pleasure trip
postnasal drip
return trip
round trip
shopping trip
twist grip
weather strip

Synonyms and antonyms of saline drip in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «saline drip» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SALINE DRIP

Find out the translation of saline drip to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of saline drip from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «saline drip» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吊盐水
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

goteo de solución salina
570 millions of speakers

English

saline drip
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खारा ड्रिप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المالحة بالتنقيط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

солевой капельного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gotejamento de solução salina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লবণাক্ত ড্রিপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saline goutte à goutte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Titisan salin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kochsalzlösung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生理的食塩水の点滴
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식염수 드립
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saline drip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhỏ giọt nước muối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உப்பு சொட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खारट टिप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Salin damla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flebo salina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

roztwór soli kroplówka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сольовий крапельного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

salin picurare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυσιολογικό ορό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sout drip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

saltlösning dropp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

saltholdig drypp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of saline drip

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SALINE DRIP»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SALINE DRIP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about saline drip

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALINE DRIP»

Discover the use of saline drip in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to saline drip and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics
... and 20 mEq of potassium to each litre of infusion fluid. Continue the infusion till the patient starts eating normally. Then, start SC insulin 30 minutes before discontinuing the infusion. Nothing else should be added to the insulin saline drip.
R. S. Satoskar, A. K. Kale, S. D. Bhandarkar &nirmala N. Rege, 1971
2
Dictionary of Medicine
... derived from salicylic acid, used in the treatment of rheumatism, headaches and minor pains Saline 1 adjective referring to salt; the patient was given a saline transfusion; she is on a saline drip; saline drip = drip containing a saline solution;  ...
P.H. Collin, 2014
3
The Last Six Months
4th August: Saline drip given. I spoke to Dr Murray and voiced my concerns  5th August: Too much fluid given resulting in breathlessness.  6th August: Drugs now given to relieve the excess fluid. Chest x-ray given. A patient in ward said ...
Joanna Slater
4
Donald School Manual of Practical Problems in Obstetrics
Therefore, it is equal to 1000 mU/500 ml or 2 mU/ml of the normal saline drip. As 1 ml equals 16 drops, 2 mU/ml = 2 mU/16 drops or 1 mU/8 drops. If fluid restriction is indicated as in case of severe pre-eclampsia or severe anemia, prepare a ...
Narendra Malhotra, Malhotra, Puri, 2012
5
No Remorse
“Check the IV lines. Increase saline flow by two points,” he ordered. “Yes, doctor.” She checked the blood drip and the catheter draining his lung cavity. She checked the flow rate of the saline drip, turning the thumbwheel marginally to increase ...
Ian Walkley, 2012
6
The Carotid and Supra-Aortic Trunks: Diagnosis, Angioplasty ...
Preprocedure Intraprocedure Postprocedure Hypertension Hypertension Maintain systolic BP from 140 mmHgto 180 mmHg Hypotension Ruleoutbleeding Intravenous saline drip Maintain systolicBP <180 Long acting agents: β blockers, ACE ...
Michel Henry, 2011
7
Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines
Finally, she adjusts the rate of the saline drip. After the saline drips into the vein, she will add the anticancer drugs one after another. The saline drip, she explains to me later, is a clinic staple. It serves to dilute the IV push drugs so they are less  ...
Suzanne Gordon, 2012
8
The Oxygen Prescription: The Miracle of Oxidative Therapies
The ozonated saline is then infused slowly into the patient through a vein, as a normal intravenous saline drip would be. While Russian studies have found this method to be both safe and effective,16 similar research has not been done in the ...
Nathaniel Altman, 2007
9
Essential Standard General Maths Second Edition Enhanced ...
0 50 100 150 200 Number of calls 2 The graph opposite shows the volume of 600 AV saline solution, VmL, remaining in the reservoir of a saline drip after t minutes. 500 5 a _ a How much saline solution was in the E 400 5 \\ reservoir at the ...
Kay Lipson, David Main, Barbara Tulloch, 2011
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Handbook of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurointerventional ...
A three-way stopcock or manifold can be used to provide a heparinized saline drip through the catheter. This continuous drip is particularly useful if there is any delay between injections of contrast, because it keeps the catheter lumen free of  ...
Mark R. Harrigan, John Deveikis, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SALINE DRIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term saline drip is used in the context of the following news items.
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Two patients seriously ill after saline drips in Odisha
After noticing the complications, the doctor stopped the saline drips. ... shivering and lay unconscious 15 minutes after the doctor administered the saline drip. «Odisha Sun Times, Jul 15»
2
Neither gloves nor saline drip, patients given just half a dose
The 925-bed hospital in North Delhi is out of surgical gloves and critical syringes, hasn't received its supply of saline drips in three months, and is always short of ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Stepping Hill nurse guilty of murdering patients by poisoning saline
Victorino Chua, 49, injected insulin into saline bags and ampoules while ... with a chest infection and after being given a saline drip, he "appeared to be in agony ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
4
Stepping Hill hospital nurse Victorino Chua 'murdered three patients'
A male nurse murdered three patients by putting poison in saline drips and leaving them as 'ticking timebombs' for other medics to administer, a court heard ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
5
Salty IV Drip Shown To Reduce Complications In Pancreatic Cancer …
But doctors in Philadelphia have devised a small tweak they say reduces complications and could save lives — they made the saline drip a little saltier. «Medical Daily, Jul 14»
6
Police force admits to re-activating saline drip nurse's Facebook …
Rebecca Leighton was arrested by Greater Manchester Police on suspicion of contaminating the saline drips of several patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in ... «Daily Mail, Feb 14»
7
Vitamin drip: firms rush to cash in on the fad that's tipped to be as big …
Indeed, in the only study to date, vitamin infusions were found to be no more effective than a placebo — a saline drip — making them no better than a bottle of ... «Daily Mail, Sep 13»
8
Stepping Hill hospital investigation: The whodunnit like a Poirot …
His death, five months after his saline drip had been sabotaged with insulin, reminded the patients at the Cheshire hospital that a killer was still on the loose and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 12»
9
Saline drip row nurse Rebecca Leighton 'could sue bosses over …
The nurse cleared of poisoning patients' saline drips at the hospital where three people died in suspicious circumstances is considering suing her ex-bosses for ... «Mirror.co.uk, Dec 11»
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Rebecca Leighton: Nurse cleared of saline drip poisoning tells of …
The nurse cleared of poisoning patients told yesterday how she is too frightened to walk down the street alone. Rebecca Leighton, 27, said she had been ... «Daily Mail, Sep 11»

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