[ 'seɪlʌɪn ]
■ adjective
1》 containing or impregnated with salt.
2》 chiefly Medicine (of a solution) containing sodium chloride and/or a salt or salts of magnesium or another alkali metal.
■ noun a ~ solution.
Derivatives
salinity noun
salinization or salinisation noun
Origin
C15: from L. sal 'salt' + -ine 1 .