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Saline
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saline
adj.
resembling salt; containing salt; pertaining to salt; salty
n.
salt solution; sterile solution of sodium chloride (Medicine)
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Saline
Saline may refer to:
- Salinity, the salt content of a solution
- Saline water, water containing significant concentration of salts
- Soil salinity, salt content of soil
- Saline seep, seep of saline water
- Saline (medicine), a liquid with salt content to match the human body
- Saline flush, a method of clearing out feeding tubes and intravenous lines
- Borate buffered saline, a buffer used in some biochemical techniques
- Phosphate buffered saline, a buffer solution used in biological research
- Tris-buffered saline, a buffer used in some biochemical techniques
- Saline, an historical term (esp. US) for a salt works or saltern
- SalineOS, an operating system based on Debian.
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saline
Noun
1. an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
(synonym) saline solution
(hypernym) isotonic solution, isosmotic solution
(derivation) salinate
Adjective
1. containing salt; "a saline solution"; "salty tears"
(synonym) salty
(similar) salt
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Saline (die)
nf.
saltworks, place where salt is prepared or manufactured; (Medicine) saline, sterile solution of sodium chloride
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saline
nf.
saline, salt solution; sterile solution of sodium chloride (Medicine)
salin
adj.
saline
