| HBSS | Hank's balanced salt solution |
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| MHBSS | modified Hank balanced salt solution |
| MSA | major serologic antigen; male-specific antigen; mannitol salt agar; Medical Services Administration;... |
| NAS | nasal; National Academy of Sciences; National Association of Sanitarians; neonatal airleak syndrome;... |
| NSA | Neurological Society of America; normal serum albumin; no salt added; no significant abnormality; no... |
| salt water boils | Furuncles on hands and forearms of fishermen. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| salt water marsh | Wetland dominated by herbaceous plants under the influence of saline waters. May be coastal (tidal) or perched. (09 Oct 1997) |
| salt water soap | A soap made of palm or coconut oil for use with sea water in which it is soluble. Synonym: salt water soap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Seignette's salt | KNaC4H4O6;a mild saline cathartic, used as an ingredient in compound effervescent powders. Synonym: Rochelle salt, Seignette's salt, sodium potassium tartrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| double salt | A salt in which two different positive ions are bonded to the same negative ion, or vice versa; e.g., NaKSO4. (05 Mar 2000) |
| table salt | <chemical> Table salt, NaCL. (09 Oct 1997) |
| epsom salt | <medicine> Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| low salt diet | A diet with restricted amounts of sodium chloride, necessary in the treatment of some cases of hypertension, heart failure, and other syndromes characterised by fluid retention and/or oedema formation. (05 Mar 2000) |