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sa⋅line
[sey-leen, -lahyn] 
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–adjective
| 1. | of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to a chemical salt, esp. of sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc., as used as a cathartic. |
| 3. | of or pertaining to a method of abortion involving injection of hypertonic saline solution into the amniotic cavity during the second trimester. |
–noun
| 4. | a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy. |
| 5. | salty water; a salty solution. |
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| sa·line (sā'lēn', -līn') adj.
[Latin salīnus, from sāl, salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots.] sa·lin'i·ty (sə-lĭn'ĭ-tē) n. |
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Saline
Sa"line\ (? or ?; 277), a. [F. salin, fr. L. sal salt: cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See Salt.]1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic. 2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.Saline
Sa"line\ (? or ?; 277), n. [Cf. F. saline. See Saline, a.] A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.Saline
Sal"ine\, n. 1. (Chem.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. [Written also salin.] 2. (Med. Chem.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
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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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Main Entry: 1sa·line
Pronunciation: 'sA-"lEn, -"lIn
Function: adjective
1 : consisting of or containing salt salinesolution>
2 : of, relating to, or resembling salt : SALTY saline taste>
3 : consisting of or relating to the salts especially of lithium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium saline cathartic>
4 : relating to or beingabortion induced by the injection of a highly concentrated saline solution into the amniotic sac <saline amniocentesis>
Main Entry: 2saline
Function: noun
1 a : a metallic salt; especially : a salt of potassium, sodium, or magnesium with a catharticaction b : an aqueous solution of one or more such salts
2 : a saline solution used in physiology; especially : physiological salt solution formammals
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saline sa·line (sā'lēn', -līn')
adj.
- Of, relating to, or containing salt; salty.
- Of or relating to chemical salts.
- A salt of magnesium or of the alkalis, used in medicine as a cathartic.
- A saline solution, especially one that is isotonic to blood.
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| saline (sā'lēn') Pronunciation Key
Of or containing salt. |
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