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SALIVATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does salivation mean?
• SALIVATION (noun)
The noun SALIVATION has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SALIVATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The secretion of saliva
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("salivation" is a kind of...):
secernment; secretion (the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salivation"):
ptyalism (excessive flow of saliva)
Derivation:
salivate (produce saliva)
Context examples
Anethole trithione is a bile secretion-stimulating drug that restores salivation and relieves the discomfort of dry mouth in chemotherapy-induced xerostomia.
(Anetholtrithion, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used to increase salivation in people who have dry mouth caused by opioids or radiation therapy.
(Pilocarpine, NCI Dictionary)
Signs and symptoms in a newborn with this abnormality include excessive salivation, choking, coughing, and the development of cyanosis and respiratory distress when fed.
(Esophageal Atresia, NCI Thesaurus)
These interactions play a role in signal transduction, which influences bodily functions including salivation, lacrimation, urination, digestion and defecation.
(Muscarinic Receptor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)
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