Definition of saliva

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

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Salivate :: Salivate (v. t.) To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury..
Gland :: Gland (n.) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth..
Spawl :: Spawl (v. i. & t.) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva..
Salivated :: Salivated (imp. & p. p.) of Salivat.
Wax :: Wax (n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow..
Sialogogue :: Sialogogue (n.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.
Spied :: Sputum (n.) That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva.
Drool :: Drool (v. i.) To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools..
Sputter :: Sputter (v. i.) To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking..
Salivant :: Salivant (a.) Producing salivation.
Maltose :: Maltose (n.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power..
Intracellular :: Intracellular (a.) Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells..
Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..
Drivel :: Drivel (n.) Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.
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..
Slabber :: Slabber (n.) Spittle; saliva; slaver.
Slobber :: Slobber (n.) Salivation.
Sputter :: Sputter (v. i.) To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
Slabber :: Slabber (v. i.) To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool..
Insalivation :: Insalivation (n.) The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions of the mouth in eating.
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