| salt bridge | <chemistry> A U-tube containing an electrolyte that connects the two compartments of a voltaic cell, allowing ion flow without extensive mixing of the different solutions. (09 Jan 1998) |
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| salt depletion | Excessive loss of sodium chloride from the body in urine, sweat, etc.; a cause of secondary dehydration. Synonym: chloride depletion. Water depletion, reduction in the total volume of body water; dehydration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salt depletion syndrome | low salt syndrome |
| salt dye | <technique> A compound of an acid stain and a basic stain, such as the eosinate of methylene blue, in which the anion and cation each contains a chromophore group. Synonym: salt dye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salt fever | Elevated temperature in an infant, following a rectal injection of a salt solution. See: thirst fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salt gland | A compound tubular gland, located around the eyes and nasal passages in marine animals and birds, the physiology of which figures in water-electrolyte balance. The pekin duck serves as a common research animal in salt gland studies. A rectal gland or rectal salt gland in the dogfish shark is attached at the junction of the intestine and cloaca and aids the kidneys in removing excess salts from the blood. (storer, usinger, stebbins & nybakken: general zoology, 6th ed, p658) (12 Dec 1998) |
| salt loading | The administration of 2 g of sodium chloride (with a regular diet) 3 times a day for 4 days; a diagnostic test in primary aldosteronism, in which the salt loading produces the typical plasma electrolyte pattern. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salt marsh | A community of organisms dominated by plants that are tolerant of wet, saline soils, generally found in low-lying coastal habitats which are periodically wet and unusually saline to hypersaline. The term salt marsh summarizes the saline conditions of the habitat as well as the emergent vegetation which dominates it. Plants which grow in salt marshes are thus tolerant of two conditions: saline and wet. (09 Oct 1997) |
| salt oedema | Oedema from excessive intake or retention of sodium chloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salt of wisdom | The product obtained by crystallization from a solution of equal parts of ammonium chloride and mercuric chloride. Synonym: salt of wisdom. Origin: an alchemist's term of unknown origin (05 Mar 2000) |
| salt poisoning | An often fatal disease of animals, especially pigs fed on garbage, resulting from the ingestion of excessive quantities of ordinary table salt, sodium chloride; this usually does not occur if the animals have access to sufficient quantities of fresh drinking water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salt ponds | Perched wetlands that are managed by humans to produce salt. (09 Oct 1997) |
| salt rheum | <medicine> A popular name, especially. In the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| salt sensitivity | The tendency of certain bacterial suspensions to agglutinate spontaneously in physiological saline solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| salt solution | A solution of any salt. Synonym: salt solution. Specifically, an isotonic sodium chloride solution.; 0.85 to 0.9/100 ml water. (05 Mar 2000) |