Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Ty·rode solution Variant:
or Ty·rode's solution /'tI-"rOd(z)-/ Function:
noun : physiological saline containingsodium chloride 0.8, potassium chloride 0.02, calcium chloride 0.02, magnesium chloride 0.01, sodium bicarbonate 0.1, and sodium dihydrogen phosphate 0.005 percent
Tyrode,
MauriceVejux (1878–1930), American pharmacologist. An instructor of pharmacology at Harvard Medical School, Tyrode specialized in therapeutics.
