"saline flush" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: saline flushes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} saline flush (plural saline flushes)
  1. (medicine) A method of clearing intravenous lines IVs, central lines or arterial lines of any medicine or other perishable liquids, by means of saline solution. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-saline_flush-en-noun-U2fOeuy4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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