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salivation|sælɪˈveɪʃən|
[a. F. salivation or its source late L. salīvātio, n. of action f. salīvāre to salivate.]
Secretion or discharge of saliva: esp. the production of an excessive flow of saliva by administering mercury.
1598T. Bastard Chrestoleros (1880) 10 Phisition Mirus talkes of saliuation. 1686Wood Life (O.H.S.) III. 202 Whore houses increase, surgeons have work, and great salivation used. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. ii. §4 (1734) 127 Salivation by the internal Exhibition of Mercurials only, seldom succeeds. 1764Reid Inquiry vi. §17 [He] having been blind for some years of a gutta serena, was restored to sight by salivation. 1801Med. Jrnl. V. 570 Salivation, a symptom that is often remarked at the period of teething. 1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xvi. 192 His mouth was still sore in consequence of severe mercurial salivation. 1877Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 157 Caution must be exercised in the administration of narcotics, should there be much bronchial catarrh or salivation.
b. with a and pl. Now Obs. or rare.
1700T. Brown Amusem. Ser. & Com. viii. Wks. 1709 III. 74 As if they were all clapt, and under a Salivation for the cure on't. 1746H. Walpole Let. to Mann 25 Apr., Lord Elcho was in a salivation. 1760C. Johnston Chrysal (1822) III. 310 She had lost her hair and teeth in a salivation! 1831J. Davies Man. Mat. Med. 23 An old woman..was affected with a considerable salivation every time she made use of opium.
†c. concr. Saliva or an excretion resembling it.
1601Holland Pliny II. 413 The noysome saliuation or spittle of the Aspis called Ptyas. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 107 Engendered from the salivation and slime of snakes. |