salt out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To abort (a fetus) by injecting saline solution into the uterus.
  2. To precipitate out of a solution.
  3. To cause a solute to precipitate out of a solution.

Word forms

salt out salts out salting out salted out
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