/
ˈseɪlʌɪn/
adj.
- containing or impregnated with salt.
- chiefly Medicine (of a solution) containing sodium chloride and/or a salt or salts of magnesium or another alkali metal.
n.
a saline solution.
Derivative
- salinity n.
- salinization
or salinisation n.
Etymology
C15: from L. sal ‘salt’ + -ine1.
