Normal

(norf -mal) [norma, rule]. I. Conforming to natural order or law. 2. Having th the typic structure. N. Antitoxic Serum, N. Therapeutic Serum, an antitoxic blood-serum of which o. I gram is sufficient to neutralize ten times the fatal dose of toxin for a guinea-pig weighing 300 grams. N. Salt-solution or N. Saline Solution, an aqueous solution of sodium chlorid of a strength similar to that of the body-fluids — usually 0.6-0.75 percent. N. Solution, a solution containing in one liter a quantity of the reagent equal to the molecular weight in grams, and reduced so that the replaceable hydrogen or its equivalent represents one gram. A decinormal solution is one of one-tenth the strength, and a cent i normal solution one of one-hundredth the strength of the normal solution. 450