salivo-, saliv- +
(Latin: spittle, the fluid secreted in the mouth)
2. To moisten with saliva.
2. A slightly alkaline secretion of water, mucin, protein, salts, and often a starch-splitting enzyme (as ptyalin) that is secreted into the mouth by salivary glands, lubricates ingested food, and often begins the breakdown of starches.
Saliva is a world of its own, teeming with bacteria, mucus, enzymes, skin cells, blood cells, and hundreds of different proteins; the product of multiple glands, serum leakage, drainage from nasal cavities, and whatever people put in their mouths.
Saliva is routinely used to test for hormone levels and illegal drugs; but, so far, the only disease it is used to detect is AIDS.
It's possible that in the future, saliva will yield information about certain diseases which can't be obtained currently from blood tests.
2. An agent that increases the flow of saliva.
3. Promoting salivation; sialagogic.
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2. Of or relating to a salivary gland.
3. Relating to saliva or the glands that secrete it; especially, producing or carrying saliva.
4. Pertaining to or existing in the saliva or salivary glands.
The salivary glands produce saliva, which keeps the mouth and other parts of the digestive system moist. It also helps break down carbohydrates (with salivary amylase, formerly known as ptyalin) and lubricates the passage of food down from the oro-pharynx to the esophagus to the stomach.
There are three main pairs of salivary glands: the parotid, the submandibular and the sublingual glands. There are also many small glands in the tongue, cheeks, lips and palate, all of which consist entirely of mucous secreting cells.
2. To cause an animal in an experiment to produce large amounts of saliva.
3. To feel or show an immense desire for or appreciation of something; an informal usage: "I'm practically salivating because of the sweet smell of the baking cake"; "He salivated at the idea of winning the lottery."
2. An abnormally abundant flow of saliva.
3. Secretion or discharge of saliva; especially, the production of an excessive flow of saliva by administering mercury.