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Ptyalism

Ptyalism \Pty"a*lism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to spit much, fr. ? spittle, fr. ? to spit: cf. F. ptyalisme.] Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva.
--Quain.

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ptyalism

n. sialorrhea

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ptyalism

n. excessive flow of saliva

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Marsden reports a case in which, following secondary papular syphilis and profuse spontaneous ptyalism, there was vicarious secretion of the urinary constituents from the skin.