salt out

precipitar mediante sal

Añadir sal a un líquido para separar en forma sólida una sustancia disuelta.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

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

Sinónimos: precipitate

Antónimos: dissolve

Expresiones frecuentes: salt out proteins, salt out something

precipitar por adición de sal

Separarse de un líquido en forma sólida al añadirse sal.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: salt out of something (The protein salted out of the solution.)

Sinónimos: precipitate, crystallize

Antónimos: dissolve

Expresiones frecuentes: salt out readily, salt out of solution

abortar mediante solución salina

Interrumpir un embarazo introduciendo una solución de sal en el útero.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: salt out a fetus (The old medical text described salting out a fetus.)

Sinónimos: abort

Expresiones frecuentes: salt out a fetus, salt out the fetus