saliva
saliva
Definition
sa·liva (sə lī′və)
noun
the thin, watery, slightly viscid fluid secreted by the salivary glands: it serves as an aid to swallowing and digestion by moistening and softening food, and contains enzymes which convert starch to dextrin and maltose
Etymology: L: see salicin
saliva
Synonyms
saliva
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- drool: Affected animals refuse food, drool saliva from the mouth, and lose weight.
- swallow: Old belief: if swallow saliva while on path crossing sacred enclosure then cough will enter family.
- inject: The flea injects saliva containing antigens to stop the host's blood clotting.
- stimulate: Stimulated saliva - saliva which has been stimulated by chewing.
- produce: Older people may produce less saliva, causing further problems.
Adjective modifier
- artificial: Artificial saliva should not be the only thing you use to help with a dry mouth.
- less: You may make less saliva than usual, or none at all.
- human: Human saliva actually contains factors that promote competence of resident bacteria to become transformed by DNA [ 48 ] .
- more: The act of sucking a lozenge, by itself, causes more saliva to be produced naturally.
- own: To stop mosquito bites itching lick with your own saliva.
Modifies a noun
- cotinine: The proportion of children interviewed from whom a valid saliva cotinine measurement was obtained was 83 % .
- swab: Along comes a health worker who takes a saliva swab specimen for analysis.
- gland: Cow's saliva glands are probably best left to the locals!
- sample: The results from the first quarter of the saliva samples have all been negative, showing that the bats sampled were not carrying disease.
- substitute: This can be done with moisture gels or saliva substitutes.
- flow: The reduced saliva flow can increase the chance of tooth decay.
Noun used with modifier
- flea: Flea Allergy No the flea is not the real allergy here, it is the fleas saliva.
- tick: The researchers found that tick saliva was responsible for suppressing the ability of the host's immune system to repel infection.
Preposition: in
- mouth: A mild toxin secreted into the saliva in the mouth helps to stun the prey.
Preposition: of
- animal: Caused by a virus that is in the saliva of infected animals, rabies is usually transmitted by bites from infected animals.
saliva Quotes
Do¤ n de esta¤ la patria, amigo? Ni en el corazo¤ n ni en la saliva. Whereisthe country, my friend? It isnot intheheart or in the saliva.
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