SALIVARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salivary mean? 

• SALIVARY (adjective)
  The adjective SALIVARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to saliva

  Familiarity information: SALIVARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALIVARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to saliva

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

salivary gland

Pertainym:

saliva (a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches)

Derivation:

saliva (a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include Schneiderian papilloma and salivary gland-type adenoma.

(Benign Nasal Cavity Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It most often occurs in the parotid gland and less often in the submandibular gland and minor salivary gland.

(Carcinoma ex Pleomorphic Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive, high grade malignant tumor that arises from the salivary gland.

(Carcinosarcoma of the Salivary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the major salivary glands.

(Benign Major Salivary Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients usually present with firm and painless swelling of the affected salivary gland.

(Benign Lymphoepithelial Lesion of the Salivary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

The basal cell neoplastic proliferation in the salivary glands can be benign, resulting in basal cell adenomas or malignant, resulting in basal cell adenocarcinomas.

(Basal Cell Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used to treat certain disorders of the salivary gland.

(Cevimeline hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

A chromosomal inversion inv(8)(q12.1;q12.1) of this gene and the PLAG1 gene is associated with salivary gland pleiomorphic adenoma.

(CHCHD7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of malignant myoepithelioma or myoepithelial carcinoma are malignant breast myoepithelioma and salivary gland myoepithelial carcinoma.

(Myoepithelial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the major or minor salivary glands.

(Non-Neoplastic Salivary Gland Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)