saline

[ sey-leen, -lahyn ]

/ ˈseɪ lin, -laɪn /

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adjective

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.

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 of saline

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English: “composed of salt,” from Latin salīnus “salty,” equivalent to sal “salt” + -īnus adjective suffix; see sal, -ine¹

OTHER WORDS FROM saline

sa·lin·i·ty

[suh-lin-i-tee], /səˈlɪn ɪ ti/, nounhy·per·sa·line, adjectivenon·sa·line, adjectivesem·i·sa·line, adjective

sub·sa·line, adjectiveun·sa·line, adjective

Words nearby saline

salify, Salii, salimeter, salina, Salinas, saline, saline agglutinin, saline solution, Salinger, salinity, salinization

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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 Post
People 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|Time
Together, 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 Review
One 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|Nautilus

When 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|DAILY BEAST
Discouting the gross factor of swimming in that saline cesspool, there are some awesome images.
Rand Paul Swims in the Dead Sea|Justin Green|January 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
About half of what remains is made up of agricultural runoff, redirected saline water and raw sewage.
Good News for the Holy Land’s Actual Land|Emily L. Hauser|October 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
I 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|DAILY BEAST
The 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 Tchaikovsky
The 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|Various
The water drunk was measured, its saline and earthy constituents having been previously ascertained.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
La 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 Coues
Are 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

saline

/ (ˈseɪlaɪn) /

adjective

of, concerned with, consisting of, or containing common salta 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

noun

med an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water

Derived forms of saline

salinity (səˈlɪnɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for saline

C15: from Late Latin salīnus, from Latin sal salt

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Medical definitions for saline

saline

[ 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.

Scientific definitions for saline

saline

[ sā′lēn′ ]

Of or containing salt.

saline

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