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salted out

salted out is the simple past and past participle of salt out.

Meaning of salt out

Verb

salt out (third-person singular simple present salts out, present participle salting out, simple past and past participle salted out)

  1. (transitive) To abort (a fetus) by injecting saline solution into the uterus.
    • If the pregnancy is too advanced for the D & C or salting out procedures, a hysterotomy abortion may be performed.1984, John Jefferson Davis, Abortion and the Christian: what every believer should know, page 29
  2. To precipitate out of a solution.
  3. To cause a solute to precipitate out of a solution.

Questions about salted out

What is salted out the simple past and past participle of?
Salted out is the simple past and past participle of salt out.

Words near salted out in the dictionary

  1. salted bomb
  2. salted bombs
  3. salted down
  4. salted egg
  5. salted eggs
  6. salted out
  7. salted the earth
  8. salted the mine
  9. salted up
  10. saltee
  11. saltees

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