saline solution

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   an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water

   Synonymssaline

   Broaderisotonic solution

Questions about saline solution

What does saline solution mean?

saline solution means "an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water".

What is another word for saline solution?

Close synonyms include saline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is saline solution a common word?

saline solution is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.