salt out

faire précipiter par ajout de sel

Ajouter du sel à un liquide pour en faire sortir une substance dissoute sous forme solide.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : salt something out of something (They salted the protein out of the solution.); salt something out (The chemist salted the dissolved compound out.)

Synonymes : precipitate

Contraires : dissolve

Expressions courantes : salt out proteins, salt out something

précipiter par ajout de sel

Se séparer d’un liquide sous forme solide quand on ajoute du sel.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : salt out of something (The protein salted out of the solution.)

Synonymes : precipitate, crystallize

Contraires : dissolve

Expressions courantes : salt out readily, salt out of solution

provoquer un avortement par solution saline

Mettre fin à une grossesse en introduisant une solution salée dans l’utérus.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : salt out a fetus (The old medical text described salting out a fetus.)

Synonymes : abort

Expressions courantes : salt out a fetus, salt out the fetus