Definition of saliva

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

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Ptyalin :: Ptyalin (n.) An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals..
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..
Salivation :: Salivation (n.) The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism..
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..
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..
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..
Parotid :: Parotid (a.) Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.
Exspuition :: Exspuition (n.) A discharge of saliva by spitting.
Spawl :: Spawl (v. i. & t.) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva..
Salivary :: Salivary (a.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc..
Slobber :: Slobber (n.) Salivation.
Salival :: Salival (a.) Salivary.
Spit :: Spit (v. i.) To throw out saliva from the mouth.
Spit :: Spit (n.) To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth..
Slavering :: Slavering (a.) Drooling; defiling with saliva.
Froth :: Froth (n.) The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement..
Spitter :: Spitter (n.) One who ejects saliva from the mouth.
Sialogogue :: Sialogogue (n.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.
Salivating :: Salivating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salivat.
Salivate :: Salivate (v. i.) To produce saliva, esp. in excess..
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