单词 | saliva |
释义 | salivan. 1. Spittle; the mixed secretion of the salivary glands and of the mucous glands of the mouth, a colourless liquid, having normally an alkaline reaction, which mixes with the food in mastication. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > saliva > [noun] salivac1400 spittle1481 water1572 mouth-water1961 c1400 Pety Job 40 in 26 Pol. Poems 122 Thow woldest suffer neuer more Me to swolowe my salyue? 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. vii. 333 Not meeting with that disturbance from the Saliva as in the former work. 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 172 He will..pour out a great deal of Saliva, and his Gums will swell. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 415/2 The presence of food in the mouth caused a rapid flow of saliva. 1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. i. 158 Saliva contains but few solids. 2. (See quot. 1969.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > marks or imperfections in thread1593 streak1807 seed1821 stripe1823 bull's-eye1832 stria1832 tear1832 bullion1834 wreath1839 sand-hole1867 bullion-point1881 pontil mark1923 oil spot1962 saliva1969 1969 P. Hollister Encycl. Glass Paperweights 303 Saliva, unwanted string or conglomerate of small bubbles that may be the result of insufficient expulsion of internal air or cooling of the gather during assembly. Compounds C1. General attributive. saliva gland n. ΚΠ 1915 W. Owen Let. 13 Mar. (1967) 327 I noticed that my saliva-glands were a trifle addled. C2. saliva ejector n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > other dental equipment explorer1844 plate1845 rose head1847 plugging forceps1861 plugger1862 rubber dam1865 finger mirror1867 nerve instrument1867 hoe1875 saliva extractor1877 thimble1877 finger-tray1878 scaler1881 matrix1883 saliva ejectora1884 sickle scaler1930 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 778/1 Saliva ejector, an instrument for carrying off the accumulating saliva in dental operations. 1897 E. C. Kirk Amer. Textbk. Operative Dentistry vii. 157 An excessive flow of saliva is uncomfortable to the patient, by its accumulation it impedes the operation... During the preparation of accessible cavities..the accumulation may be carried off by the use of a saliva ejector. 1931 N. Bennett Dental Surg. (ed. 2) xix. 774 The saliva ejector when first introduced met with considerable opposition, but its use is now almost universal, and if simple aseptic precautions are taken no objection can possibly be found to its adoption. 1963 C. R. Cowell et al. Inlays, Crowns, & Bridges v. 53 This permits a saliva ejector to be used, which retracts the tongue and keeps the teeth dry. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > other dental equipment explorer1844 plate1845 rose head1847 plugging forceps1861 plugger1862 rubber dam1865 finger mirror1867 nerve instrument1867 hoe1875 saliva extractor1877 thimble1877 finger-tray1878 scaler1881 matrix1883 saliva ejectora1884 sickle scaler1930 1877 J. Taft Operative Dentistry (ed. 3) vi. 176 Various pumps were devised for removing the saliva... All..have been superseded by the introduction and use of the rubber dam and saliva extractor... The profession is indebted..for the latter to Dr. J. E. Fisk. saliva test n. any scientific test performed on a sample of saliva. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > specific tests or testing > test on sample of saliva saliva test1939 1939 New Yorker 8 July 77/1 You might like to know something about just what the New York Racing Commission does to prevent tampering with horses. Every winner gets a saliva test. 1973 J. Thomson Death Cap i. 9 The saliva test will prove that the person who licked the stamp belongs to the ‘O’ blood group. 1975 Times 21 May 3/4 Detectives have taken their first saliva test in the hunt for the Cambridge rapist. Derivatives saˈliva v. intransitive to salivate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secreting spec. > [verb (intransitive)] > secrete saliva salivate1681 saliva1939 1939 G. Greene Confidential Agent i. ii. 84 He felt her hand rest on his knee: she wasn't romantic, she had said: this was an automatic reaction, he supposed, to the deep seats and the dim lights and the torch songs; as when Pavlov's dogs saliva'd. saˈlivaed adj. flecked or covered with saliva. ΚΠ 1975 J. Goulet Oh's Profit xxx. 187 Oh's salivaed middle finger had stumbled across a pocket of ants directly in front of the television. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1400 |
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