hypersaline

adjective

of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.

of or pertaining to a chemical salt, especially of sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc., as used as a cathartic.

of or pertaining to a method of abortion involving injection of hypertonic saline solution into the amniotic cavity during the second trimester.

noun

a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.

salty water; a salty solution.

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Origin:
1400–50; Middle English: composed of salt < Latin salīnus salty, equivalent to sal sal + -īnus -ine¹

Related forms

sa·lin·i·ty

[suh-lin-i-tee] , noun

hy·per·sa·line, adjective

hy·per·sa·lin·i·ty, noun

non·sa·line, adjective

non·sa·lin·i·ty, noun

sem·i·sa·line, adjective

sub·sa·line, adjective

sub·sa·lin·i·ty, noun

un·sa·line, adjective

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World English Dictionary

saline (ˈseɪlaɪn)

—*adj*
1.	of, concerned with, consisting of, or containing common salt: a saline taste
2.	med of or relating to a saline
3.	of, concerned with, consisting of, or containing any chemical salt, esp a metallic salt resembling sodium chloride

—n
4.	med an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water

[C15: from Late Latin salīnus, from Latin sal salt]

salinity

—n

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Word Origin & History

saline

1450, probably from a Latin word related to salinum "salt cellar" and salinæ "salt pits," from sal (gen. salis) "salt" (see salt).

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Medical Dictionary

saline sa·line (sā'lēn', -līn')
adj.