Saline

  • 31saline — (sa li n ) s. f. 1°   Terme peu usité. Toute salaison soit de viande, soit de poisson. La saline, dit on, ne vaut rien aux goutteux. 2°   Particulièrement. Poisson salé. Un marchand de saline. •   On apporte, de Panticapée et des différentes… …

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  • 32Saline — 1 Original name in latin Saline Name in other language Saline State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 56.11399 latitude 3.57034 altitude 134 Population 1161 Date 2011 03 03 2 Original name in latin Saline Name in other language State …

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  • 33saline — [[t]se͟ɪlaɪn, AM liːn[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A saline substance or liquid contains salt. ...a saline solution. ...warm, saline water. Derived words: salinity [[t]səlɪ̱nɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT The Atlantic Ocean had undergone changes in temperature and… …

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  • 34saline — normal saline; = physiological saline; n. a solution containing 0.9% sodium chloride. Saline may be used clinically for irrigating wounds, treating sodium depletion (by intravenous infusion), as a diluent for drugs, and as an ingredient of plasma …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 35saline — sa•line [[t]ˈseɪ lin, laɪn[/t]] adj. 1) chem. of, containing, or tasting of common salt; salty: saline soil; a saline solution[/ex] 2) chem. of or pertaining to a chemical salt, esp. of sodium, potassium, or magnesium, used as a cathartic 3) ecl… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36saline — 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… …

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  • 37saline — sa|line1 [ˈseılaın] adj medical [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: salinus, from sal salt ] containing or consisting of salt ▪ saline solution >salinity [səˈlınıti] n [U] saline 2 saline2 n [U] a special mixture of water and salt …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 38saline — sa|line1 [ seı,lin ] adjective TECHNICAL containing salt: a saline solution ╾ sa|lin|i|ty / sE lInEti / noun uncount saline sa|line 2 [ seı,lin ] noun uncount MEDICAL a liquid containing salt and water, used especially in medical treatments …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 39saline — /ˈseɪlaɪn / (say sayluyn), / lin/ (say leen) adjective 1. salty or salt like; containing or tasting like common table salt: a saline solution. 2. of or relating to a chemical salt, of sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc., as used as a cathartic.… …

  • 40SALINE — n. f. Lieu où l’on fabrique le sel en évaporant l’eau des marais salants ou celle des sources salées. Les salines de Brouage. Les salines de Lorraine. Il se dit également des Mines de sel gemme. La saline de Cardonne …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)