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salivary
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Word definitions for salivary in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Salivary \Sal"i*va*ry\, a. [L. salivarius slimy, clammy: cf. F. salivaire.] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1709, from Latin salivarius , from saliva (see saliva ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to saliva; "salivary gland"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. referring to saliva
Usage examples of salivary.
Intense fear causes great drops of perspiration to accumulate on the skin, while the salivary glands remain inactive.
Sometimes there is associated with these anomalies curious terminations of the salivary ducts, either through the cheek by means of a fistula or on the anterior part of the neck.
For instance, the rate of salivary secretion is controlled by certain cells in the upper medulla and the lower pons.
The organs of digestion are the Mouth, Teeth, Tongue, Salivary Glands, Pharynx, Esophagus, the Stomach and the Intestines, with their glands, the Liver, Pancreas, Lacteals, and the Thoracic Duct.
But the worst thing these all-day suckers do to your plants is transmit plant diseases through their salivary secretions.
Hal is mentally strolling down the Appian Way in bright Eurosunlight, eating a cannoli, twirling his Dunlop racquets by the throats like six-shooters, enjoying the sunshine and cranial silence and a normal salivary flow.
The main hangar had been cleansed of its usual grease and oil and was redolent with aromas activating everyone's salivary glands.
Steroids similar to those in the cardiac glycosides are found in the secretions of the salivary glands of toads, and these are called toad poisons.
This was discovered in 1937, when a group of German physiologists found that blood serum and an extract of the salivary gland mixed were capable of bringing about the contraction of an isolated segment of the wall of the large intestine.
The output of these neurons in turn eventually runs to the salivary gland, signaling for the salivation to start.
The thought of food was a winner and Bill gurgled happily as saliva spurted into his mouth from every dusty salivary gland.
Spit flooded from every salivary gland he owned, including a few he hadn’.
The taste of food will cause the salivary glands to secrete fluid into the mouth, and the cells of the stomach lining to secrete fluid into the stomach.
His speech was unpleasantly moist, as if his salivary glands were working overtime.
The edible nest of the Chinese swallow is formed of matter secreted by the salivary glands.