SALIVATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The secretion of saliva

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("salivation" is a kind of...):

secernment; secretion (the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salivation"):

ptyalism (excessive flow of saliva)

Derivation:

salivate (produce saliva)

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