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Definition of Saline

1. Adjective. Containing salt. "Salty tears"

2. Noun. An isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water.

Definition of Saline

1. a. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.

2. n. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

3. n. A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.

Definition of Saline

1. Adjective. Containing salt; salty. ¹

2. Noun. Water containing dissolved salt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saline

1. a salt solution [n -S]

Medical Definition of Saline

1. Salty, of the nature of a salt, containing a salt or salts. Origin: L. Salinus, sal = salt This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saline

saligenin saligot saligots salimeter salimeters salimetries salimetry salina period salinas salinate

salinated salinates salinating salination salinations saline (current term) saline agglutinin saline conditions saline evaporite saline evaporites

saline solution saline water salinely salineness salines saliniferous salinification saliniform saliniketal salinise

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