saline
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lin, -laɪn adjective
1.
of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
2.
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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saline (ˈseɪlaɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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.
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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Science Dictionary
| saline (sā'lēn') Pronunciation Key
Of or containing salt. |
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Example sentences
The saline solution will certainly address the dehydration, but that's only part of the problem.
What's more, the lake's water is both saline and polluted with agricultural runoff.
The introduction of saline alone did not appear to further disperse the chemicals or vapors over the eye's surface.
To grow plants they use saline river water-brackish from flowing over the desert's surface minerals.
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