saline

Everyday

1. Saline means containing salt or salty. tree →
2. Saline (noun), or saline solution, is clean salty water used in medicine, for example to wash wounds, rinse eyes or contact lenses, or in a drip in hospital. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons it comes up with solutions and with the sea: seawater is saline, river water is fresh. In health it is the salt water nurses use. Phrases: «saline solution», «saline drip», «saline water», «a saline lake».

Examples

• Seawater is saline, so you cannot drink it. tree →
• The nurse cleaned the cut with saline. tree →
• He rinses his contact lenses in saline solution. tree →
• In hospital she was given a saline drip. tree →
• The Dead Sea is a very saline lake. tree →
• We made a saline solution by dissolving salt in water. tree →
• Saline nose spray helps clear a blocked nose. tree →

Note

Said «SAY-line». Adjective and uncountable noun. Similar words: salty, briny. Saline solution in medicine is made sterile; homemade salt water is not the same for eyes.