|
|
1. (adj.) saline
of, containing, or tasting of common salt; salty:
saline soil; a saline solution.
2. saline
of or pertaining to a chemical salt, esp. of sodium, potassium, or magnesium, used as a cathartic.
3. (n.) saline
a saline solution.
Etymology: (1400–50; ME: composed of salt < L salīnus salty =sal-, s. of
|
| Definition of 'Saline' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (adj) saline solution, saline
an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
2. (adj) saline
containing salt
"a saline substance "; "salty tears"
|
| Definition of 'Saline' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (adj) Saline
consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic
2. (adj) Saline
of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste
3. (adj) Saline
a salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth
4. (noun) Saline
a crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources
5. (noun) Saline
a metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'Saline' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of Saline 
