Definition of saliva

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Saliva (n.) The secretion from the salivary glands.

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Spit :: Spit (n.) To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth..
Salivating :: Salivating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salivat.
Dextrose :: Dextrose (n.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice..
Slaver :: Slaver (v. t.) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
Drool :: Drool (v. i.) To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools..
Spittly :: Spittle (n.) The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit..
Sputter :: Sputter (v. i.) To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
Salivary :: Salivary (a.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc..
Fistula :: Fistula (n.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula..
Insalivation :: Insalivation (n.) The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions of the mouth in eating.
Spawl :: Spawl (v. i. & t.) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva..
Salivate :: Salivate (v. i.) To produce saliva, esp. in excess..
Sympathetical :: Sympathetic (a.) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber..
Spit :: Spit (v. i.) To throw out saliva from the mouth.
Drivel :: Drivel (n.) Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.
Ptyalin :: Ptyalin (n.) An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals..
Sputter :: Sputter (v. i.) To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking..
Ptyalism :: Ptyalism (n.) Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva..
Slobber :: Slobber (n.) Salivation.
Slaver :: Slaver (v. i.) To be besmeared with saliva.
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