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salts out

salts out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 salts out

What is salts out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Salts out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of salt out.

Words near salts out in the dictionary

  1. Saltpond
  2. saltproof
  3. salts
  4. salts away
  5. salts down
  6. salts out
  7. salts the earth
  8. salts the mine
  9. salts up
  10. Saltses
  11. saltshaker

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