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
One note of caution is to be aware of salt, as reduction concentrates the flavors and could cause a once perfectly seasoned dish to turn too saline.
Sauce, gravy or stew too thin? We’ve got 3 ways to fix that. | Aaron Hutcherson | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostPeople also got different placebos—some got a benign meningococcal solution and some a saline solution.
Can AstraZeneca's Vaccine Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Virus? | Alice Park | February 4, 2021 | TimeTogether, these salts are better known as phosphate-buffered saline, or PBS, a very common ingredient that keeps the pH, or acidity, of the vaccine close to that of a person’s body.
What are the ingredients of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine? | Konstantin Kakaes | December 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewOne sausage will be injected with saline, the other with a hefty dose of a live culture of Trichinella, and the challenger chooses which one to eat, while the other eats the remaining sausage.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners | Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky, | December 2, 2020 | NautilusWhen the protein mixture is squeezed through a tapered syringe into a saline solution, it results in clean, spinnable fiber that can be degraded at the end of its life by naturally-occurring enzymes.
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Environmentalism - Issue 90: Something Green | Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay | October 7, 2020 | Nautilus
A nurse at saline Memorial Hospice, she was leaving work when her ex-boyfriend fatally shot her before turning the gun on himself.
Use Your Vote to Take Stand Against Domestic Violence | Shannon Watts | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDiscouting the gross factor of swimming in that saline cesspool, there are some awesome images.
About half of what remains is made up of agricultural runoff, redirected saline water and raw sewage.
It features activist Melissa Ohden, who says she was born after a botched saline abortion in 1977.
Conservative Activists at GOP Convention Doggedly Focus on Abortion | Michelle Goldberg | August 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI had saline mixed with Lidocaine pumped into my face to constrict my blood vessels and numb me so I could endure the zapping.
Hey, Ashley Judd: I’m Puffy From Cosmetic Surgery—And Proud of It | Samantha Marshall | April 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe saline baths do me a great deal of good, and, apart from them, the way of living is excellent.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThe water of most of these is potable, but a few are a little saline, though not to such an extent as to influence vegetation.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousThe water drunk was measured, its saline and earthy constituents having been previously ascertained.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenLa Charrette is the last settlement we saw on the Missouri, although there is one above, at a saline on the west side.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesAre not such lakes saline, even though the source of supply is comparatively fresh?
Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. | John Uri Lloyd
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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