Baricity refers to the density of a substance compared to the density of human cerebral spinal fluid. Baricity is used in anesthesia to determine the manner in which a particular drug will spread in the intrathecal space. Solutions that have a baricity approaching 1.000 are referred to as isobaric, as the density of the cerebral spinal fluid is ap...
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The weight of one substance compared to the weight of an equal volume of another substance at the same temperature. ... Origin: G. Baros, weight ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ba-ris′i-tē Definitions: 1. The weight of one substance compared with the weight of an equal volume of another substance at the same temperature.
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baricity The weight or density of a substance in comparison to a different substance at similar conditions of temperature and atmospheric pressure.
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