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saline

Pronunciation: /ˈseɪlʌɪn/

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Definition of saline

adjective

  • containing or impregnated with salt:saline alluvial soils
  • chiefly Medicine (of a solution) containing sodium chloride and/or a salt or salts of magnesium or another alkali metal: I was having a saline transfusion day and night

noun

[mass noun]
  • a solution of salt in water.
  • a saline solution used in medicine.

Derivatives

salinity

Pronunciation: /səˈlɪnɪti/

noun

salinization

Pronunciation: /salɪnʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

(also salinisation) noun

Origin:

late 15th century: from Latin sal 'salt' + -ine1

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