saline

adjective

Of, relating to, or containing salt; salty.

adjective

Of or relating to chemical salts.

noun

A salt of magnesium or of the alkalis, used in medicine as a cathartic.

noun

A saline solution, especially one that is isotonic with blood and is used in medicine and surgery.

Consisting of salt or constituting salt: as, saline particles; saline substances.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of salt; salty: as, a saline taste.

noun

A salt-spring, or a place where salt water is collected in the earth; a salt-marsh or -pit.

Same as halophilous.

noun

One of the mineral salts, such as sodium or magnesium sulphate, used medicinally.

noun

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