SALIVATION
\sˌalɪvˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˌalɪvˈeɪʃən], \s_ˌa_l_ɪ_v_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SALIVATION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.
By Oddity Software
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The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.
By Noah Webster.
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The secretion of saliva which serves to moisten and soften food and keep the mouth moist. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of producing, or state of having, an abnormal flow of fluid in the mouth; the abnormally increased secretion of fluid.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of producing an increased secretion of saliva; ptyalism; an abnormally abundant flow of saliva.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A superabundant secretion of saliva; occasioned either locally, by the use of irritating masticatories, or under the influence of some cause which acts on the whole economy, and especially of mercurial preparations. In this last case it is accompanied by a coppery taste in the mouth, by swelling of the gums, and sometimes by looseness of the teeth. Salivation may usually be diminished by the use of astringents, laxatives, etc. Ptyalismus acutus sympatheticus, Salivae fluxus cibo viso, Mouth watering, the increased flow of saliva produced by the sight, smell, or thought of agreeable food, is a species of ptyalism, as well as the Ptyaliamus acutus mellitus, Apocenosis ptyalismus mellitus, Dulcedo Sputatorwn, or Sweet spittle. In this, the saliva has a sweet or mucilaginous taste.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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