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ptyalism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ptyalism has 1 sense
- ptyalism(n = noun.process) Array - excessive flow of saliva; Array is a kind of salivation
Derived form verb ptyalize1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ptyalism, n. [Gr. , fr. to spit much, fr. spittle, fr. to spit: cf. F. ptyalisme.].
Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva. Quain. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
ptyalism
Excretion
N excretion, discharge, emanation, exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis, evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, shit, stools, crap, bloody flux, cacation, coeliac-flux, coeliac- passion, dysentery, perspiration, sweat, subation, exudation, diaphoresis, sewage, eccrinology, saliva, spittle, rheum, ptyalism, salivation, catarrh, diarrhoea, ejecta, egesta, sputa, excreta, lava, exuviae, hemorrhage, bleeding, outpouring.
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