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..
Salivated :: Salivated (imp. & p. p.) of Salivat.
Tartar :: Tartar (n.) A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime..
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..
Drool :: Drool (v. i.) To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools..
Spitter :: Spitter (n.) One who ejects saliva from the mouth.
Ptysmagogue :: Ptysmagogue (n.) A medicine that promotes the discharge of saliva.
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..
Slobber :: Slobber (n.) Salivation.
Salivation :: Salivation (n.) The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism..
Salivate :: Salivate (v. i.) To produce saliva, esp. in excess..
Parotid :: Parotid (a.) Situated near the ear; -- applied especially to the salivary gland near the ear.
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..
Spawl :: Spawl (v. i. & t.) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva..
Spit :: Spit (v. i.) To throw out saliva from the mouth.
Salivate :: Salivate (v. t.) To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury..
Slaver :: Slaver (v. t.) To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Sialogogue :: Sialogogue (n.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.
Saliva :: Saliva (n.) The secretion from the salivary glands.
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