buffer
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(bŭf′ĕr)
1. Any of several molecules that react with strong acids or bases to prevent large changes in the pH of, for example, body fluids.
2. A substance tending to offset reaction of an agent administered in conjunction with it.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Buffer." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739984/all/buffer.
Buffer. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739984/all/buffer. Accessed October 15, 2019.
Buffer. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739984/all/buffer
Buffer [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 October 15]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739984/all/buffer.
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