saline

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Professor Tregoning says that a nasal spray can help with a blocked nose but all you need is a simple saline spray which is just salt and water.

From BBC

Now, he cleans wounds with a mixture of saline and the polluted water that trickles from taps because Israel cut off the water.

From Seattle Times

Officials are tracking the daily movements of the saline wedge, which was predicted to reach some of the city’s water intake valves by Thanksgiving.

From Los Angeles Times

Fresh groundwater is often the sole source of water for drinking and irrigation on small islands, and it exists in a thin lens that floats on top of saline groundwater.

From Scientific American

"So we measured the metabolic rates of crustaceans and insects in dilute and saline environments to see if metabolic responses to salinity were similar."

From Science Daily