saline
of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
of or relating to a chemical salt, especially of sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc., as used as a cathartic.
of or relating to a method of abortion involving injection of hypertonic saline solution into the amniotic cavity during the second trimester.
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
salty water; a salty solution.
Origin of saline
1Other words from saline
- sa·lin·i·ty [suh-lin-i-tee], /səˈlɪn ɪ ti/, noun
- hy·per·sa·line, adjective
- non·sa·line, adjective
- sem·i·sa·line, adjective
- sub·sa·line, adjective
- un·sa·line, adjective
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How to use saline in a sentence
Between this and the village of the Pawnees we crossed two strongly impregnated salines.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesBy 1712 salines were being worked in Missouri and settlers were living about them.
The Colonization of North America | Herbert Eugene BoltonThere have been several Salines, or mines (if we may so term them) of pure salt, discovered in different parts of the Prairies.
The result of the use of salines was a diuresis varying in the promptness of its appearance and in its amount.
Salines have been shown by Mr. Gulliver to have the effect of keeping the blood-corpuscles apart from one another.
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William Headland
British Dictionary definitions for saline
/ (ˈseɪlaɪn) /
of, concerned with, consisting of, or containing common salt: a saline taste
med of or relating to a saline
of, concerned with, consisting of, or containing any chemical salt, esp a metallic salt resembling sodium chloride
med an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
Origin of saline
1Derived forms of saline
- salinity (səˈlɪnɪtɪ), noun
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Scientific definitions for saline
[ sā′lēn′ ]
Of or containing salt.
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