saline

saline
—salinity /seuh lin"i tee/, n.
/say"leen, -luyn/, adj.
1. of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
2. of or pertaining to a chemical salt, esp. of sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc., as used as a cathartic.
3. of or pertaining to a method of abortion involving injection of hypertonic saline solution into the amniotic cavity during the second trimester.
n.
4. a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
5. salty water; a salty solution.
[1400-50; ME: composed of salt < L salinus salty, equiv. to sal SAL + -inus -INE1]

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