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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.
Origin:
1400–50; ME: composed of salt < L salīnus salty, equiv. to sal sal + -īnus -ine 1

Related forms:
sa⋅lin⋅i⋅ty  [suh-lin-i-tee] , noun
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sa·line   (sā'lēn', -līn')   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or containing salt; salty.

  2. Of or relating to chemical salts.

n.  

  1. A salt of magnesium or of the alkalis, used in medicine as a cathartic.

  2. A saline solution, especially one that is isotonic with blood and is used in medicine and surgery.


[Latin salīnus, from sāl, salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots.]
sa·lin'i·ty (sə-lĭn'ĭ-tē) 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

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.

  1. Of, relating to, or containing salt; salty.

  2. Of or relating to chemical salts.

n.

  1. A salt of magnesium or of the alkalis, used in medicine as a cathartic.

  2. 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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