Substance
saline Audio
sa·line [ sey-leen, -lahyn ]
Subclass of:
crystalloid solutions
Definitions related to saline solution:
  • (saline) A solution of salt and water.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (saline) A solution of salt and water. Saline usually refers to normal or physiological saline, which is an aqueous solution containing 0.9% sodium chloride.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (saline) A watery solution that contains a small amount of salt and is often used to administer drugs or as a substitute for plasma.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • (saline) Any aqueous salt solution; usually means normal or physiological saline, which is 0.9% sodium chloride, and is used as a base for culture media and buffers, and as an injection vehicle or control.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A crystalloid solution that contains 9.0g of SODIUM CHLORIDE per liter of water. It has a variety of uses, including: as a CONTACT LENS SOLUTION, in OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS and NASAL LAVAGE, in wound irrigation, and for FLUID THERAPY.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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