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P0641400 (tī′ə-lĭz′əm)n. Excessive flow of saliva.

[Greek ptualismos, salivation, from ptualizein, to salivate, from ptualon, saliva, from ptūein, to spit.]

ptyalism

(ˈtaɪəˌlɪzəm) n (Pathology) excessive secretion of saliva[C17: from Greek ptualismos, from ptualizein to produce saliva, from ptualon saliva]

pty•a•lism

(ˈtaɪ əˌlɪz əm)

n. excessive secretion of saliva. [1675–85; < Greek ptyalismós expectoration =ptýal(on) spittle + -ismos -ism]

ptyalism

excessive salivation, usually associated with chronic mercury poisoning.See also: Poison

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Noun

ptyalism - excessive flow of salivasalivation - the secretion of saliva

Translations

hypersialorrhéesialorrhée

ptyalism

[ti´ah-lizm] excessive salivation; called also hypersalivation and sialorrhea.

si·a·lor·rhe·a

(sī'ă-lō-rē'ă), Excessive flow of saliva. See: salivation. Synonym(s): hygrostomia, ptyalism, sialism, sialismus, sialosis [sialo- + G. rhoia, a flow]

ptyalism

(tī′ə-lĭz′əm)n. Excessive flow of saliva.

si·a·lism

, sialismus (sī'ă-lizm, -liz'mŭs) An excess secretion of saliva.
Synonym(s): ptyalism, salivation, sialorrhea, sialosis. [G. sialismos]

ptyalism

Excessive salivation from any cause, such as mercury or organophosphorous poisoning, mouth irritation, OESOPHAGITIS or PEPTIC ULCER.

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noun excessive flow of saliva

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