salt out

precipitare mediante sale

Aggiungere sale a un liquido per far separare una sostanza disciolta sotto forma di solido.

In inglese semplice: To add salt to a liquid so that a dissolved substance comes out as a solid.

• They salted out the protein.
• The chemist used extra salt to salt out the compound.
• Can we salt this substance out of the mixture?

Come si usa: salt something out of something (They salted the protein out of the solution.); salt something out (The chemist salted the dissolved compound out.)

Sinonimi: precipitate

Contrari: dissolve

Espressioni comuni: salt out proteins, salt out something

precipitare per aggiunta di sale

Separarsi da un liquido sotto forma di solido quando si aggiunge sale.

In inglese semplice: To come out of a liquid as a solid when salt is added.

• The protein began to salt out.
• Some dissolved substances salt out at high salt concentrations.
• The compound salted out as small crystals.

Come si usa: salt out of something (The protein salted out of the solution.)

Sinonimi: precipitate, crystallize

Contrari: dissolve

Espressioni comuni: salt out readily, salt out of solution

abortire mediante soluzione salina

Interrompere una gravidanza introducendo una soluzione salina nell’utero.

In inglese semplice: To end a pregnancy by putting a salt solution into the womb.

• The report described how doctors salted out a fetus.
• The historical account says the fetus was salted out.
• That old textbook uses “salt out” for a method of abortion.

Come si usa: salt out a fetus (The old medical text described salting out a fetus.)

Sinonimi: abort

Espressioni comuni: salt out a fetus, salt out the fetus