What does Saline mean?
Definitions for Saline
ˈseɪ lin, -laɪnsaline
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Saline.
Princeton's WordNet
saline solution, salineadjective
an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
salineadjective
containing salt
"a saline substance "; "salty tears"
Wiktionary
salinenoun
Water containing dissolved salt.
salineadjective
Containing salt; salty.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Saline, Salinousadjective
Consisting of salt; constituting salt.
Etymology: salinus, Latin.
We do not easily ascribe their induration to cold; but rather unto salinous spirits and concretive juices. Brown.
This saline sap of the vessels, by being refused reception of the parts, declares itself in a more hostile manner, by drying the radical moisture. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.
If a very small quantity of any salt or vitriol be dissolved in a great quantity of water, the particles of the salt or vitriol will not sink to the bottom, though they be heavier in specie than the water; but will evenly diffuse themselves into all the water, so as to make it as saline at the top as at the bottom. Isaac Newton, Opt.
As the substance of coagulations is not merely saline, nothing dissolves them but what penetrates and relaxes at the same time. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
ChatGPT
saline
Saline refers to any solution or substance that contains notable amount of dissolved salts, often sodium chloride. It is commonly used in medical contexts, often for infusions of electrolytes into patients' bloodstreams. In a broader sense, it can also refer to a salty solution or conditions, for instance, in saline soils or saline water.
Webster Dictionary
Salineadjective
consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic
Salineadjective
of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste
Salineadjective
a salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth
Salinenoun
a crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources
Salinenoun
a metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine
Etymology: [F. salin, fr. L. sal salt: cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See Salt.]
Wikidata
Saline
Saline is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,810. The city is popular for its annual Celtic Festival, which attracts people from all over the United States and its sister cities Brecon, Wales, United Kingdom and Lindenberg, Germany. It is also the hometown of the Saline Fiddlers and Fiddlers ReStrung, two nationally renowned high school bluegrass/fiddle groups. Saline, whose well-regarded school district is perhaps its biggest draw, was ranked the 43rd best place to live out of 1,300 rated cities in the United States in a 2005 CNN/Money Magazine poll, 59th in 2007's poll, and 63rd in 2009's CNN/Money Magazine and also made CNN/Money's list of best places to retire in 2005.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Saline
sā′līn, or sā-līn′, adj. consisting of, or containing, salt: partaking of the qualities of salt.—n. an effervescent powder used as a gentle aperient: a salt-spring.—ns. Salī′na, salt-works; Salinā′tion, the act of washing in salt liquor; Sal′ine, Sal′in, a salt, reddish substance obtained from the ashes of potato-leaves; Saline′ness.—adjs. Salinif′erous; Salin′iform.—ns. Salin′ity; Salinom′eter, Salim′eter, a hydrometer for measuring the amount of salt in any given solution.—adj. Salī′no-terrene′, composed of salt and earth.—v.t. Sal′ite, to season with salt.—n. Sal′itral, a place where saltpetre occurs. [Fr.,—L. salinus—sal, salt.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SALINE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Saline is ranked #46811 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Saline surname appeared 454 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Saline.
96.7% or 439 total occurrences were White.
1.3% or 6 total occurrences were Black.
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Anagrams for Saline »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Saline in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Saline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Saline in a Sentence
We've worked on extracted human teeth in what we've describe as an artificial mouth. So we've mimicked the salty, saline conditions of the mouth where we carry out the research. We think this is the best way to have a smooth transfer into real patients and real mouths.
They were using saline water and injecting it, every fake vaccination camp that they held, they were doing this.
The high salt levels led to dehydration that triggers thirst mechanism, resulting in excess water intake of the saline water that further exacerbates the problem.
It was n’t normal saline, they put formalin into her.
If it’s a saline implant that leaked, it’s like putting a pin in a baggy, it empties right away. There’s no urgency because the body absorbs it.
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- ملحيArabic
- salíCatalan, Valencian
- solný roztokCzech
- Salzlösung, salzhaltigGerman
- αλατώδης, αλατούχος, αλατόνερο, άλμη, άρμηGreek
- salina, salinoSpanish
- salin, salineFrench
- salinoItalian
- 生理食塩水Japanese
- saltløsning, saltholdigNorwegian
- zasolony, słonyPolish
- salinoPortuguese
- солевой, соляной, солёный, соляной растворRussian
- tuzluTurkish
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