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Seawater's cousin, minus the ambition, plus an IV pole.
means Containing salt, especially describing a water-and-salt solution used in medicine, cooking, or science.
from From Latin 'salinus,' meaning 'of salt,' built on 'sal' — the same ancient root that gives us 'salt,' 'salad' (originally salted greens), and 'salary' (said to trace to salt rations paid to Roman soldiers, though that link is debated). 'Saline' entered English in the 1600s mostly describing salty springs and soils before medicine borrowed it for the sterile solution dripping from an IV bag.
- concentration
- 0.9 percent salt, matches your blood exactly
- nickname
- normal saline, though nothing about it feels normal
- nasal spray use
- just salt water pretending to be medicine
- contact lens case
- doubles as rinse, never as drink, ask no one how they know