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   saline

   /ˈseɪlʌɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. containing or impregnated with salt: "saline alluvial soils"
   • ▪ (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

   • 1. a solution of salt in water.
   • ▪ a saline solution used in medicine.

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin sal ‘salt’ + -ine1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. salinization noun
   • 2. salinize verb

   Scrabble Points: 6

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