Saline /(? [or] ?; 277)/

Sa·line

Saline

a.
  1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
  2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.

Saline

n.
  1. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

Saline

n.
  1. A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. (Chem.)
  2. A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine. (Med. Chem.)