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Synonyms for saliva
səˈlaɪ vəsali·va
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Wiktionary
salivanoun
salivanoun
A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.
Princeton's WordNet
saliva, spit, spittlenoun
a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Synonyms:
tongue, spitting, spittle, spit, expectoration
Dictionary of English Synonymes
salivanoun
Synonyms:
spittle
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
salivanoun
Synonyms:
spittle, sputum, spitAssociated words:
salivate, salivation, insalivate, insalivation, salivant, salivary, ptyalism, salival, salivous, expectorant, drool, drivel, ptyalogogue, sialogogue, ptysmagogue
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "saliva":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
saliva
Synonyms:
Spit
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#6080 | breath | |
#6177 | tongue | |
#17186 | spit | |
#25041 | saliva | |
#32932 | spitting | |
#38355 | salivary | |
#51680 | sputum | |
#102965 | spittle | |
#120209 | salivation | |
#202634 | expectoration |
How to use saliva in a sentence?
It means we no longer have to put health care professionals at risk for infection by performing nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal collections, we can preserve precious personal protective equipment for use in patient care instead of testing. We can significantly increase the number of people tested each and every day as self-collection of saliva is more quick and scalable than swab collections.
It is a lab in a cartridge effectively, the key is that with this test you go straight from a saliva swap or a nasal swab into the cartridge with no transport and no laboratory.
More importantly, I am concerned that if a product did actually contain what is suggested, saliva from a rabid dog, that would put the patient at risk of contracting rabies, a serious, fatal illness.
Fingerprints are so quick compared with urine or blood or even saliva. You can put a fingerprint down in a couple of seconds, and our method of analysis is so quick - it literally takes two minutes to analyze a fingerprint sample.
The saliva you secrete when chewing gum really has a calming effect on acid reflux.
Translations for saliva
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- speekselAfrikaans
- لُعَاب, رِيق, بُزَاقArabic
- tüpürcəkAzerbaijani
- төкөрөк, шайыҡ, һеләгәй, шеләгәйBashkir
- слі́наBelarusian
- слю́нка, плю́нкаBulgarian
- লালাBengali
- haloBreton
- salivaCatalan, Valencian
- slinaCzech
- spytDanish
- SpeichelGerman
- ކުޅުDivehi
- σίελος, σάλιοGreek
- salivaSpanish
- sülgEstonian
- listuBasque
- بزاق, گلیزPersian
- sylkiFinnish
- spýtt, ráki, sputtFaroese
- saliveFrench
- seileIrish
- seileScottish Gaelic
- רוקHebrew
- राल, लारHindi
- nyálHungarian
- թուքArmenian
- slef, munnvatnIcelandic
- salivaItalian
- 唾, 唾液Japanese
- ნერწყვიGeorgian
- сілекейKazakh
- ទឹកមាត់Khmer
- 침Korean
- لیکKurdish
- шилекейKyrgyz
- salīvaLatin
- ນໍ້າລາຍLao
- seilėsLithuanian
- siekalasLatvian
- paraki, hāware, hūware, hūareMāori
- плу́канка, плу́нкаMacedonian
- шүлсMongolian
- တန်ထွေးBurmese
- speekselDutch
- spyttNorwegian
- ślinaPolish
- salivaPortuguese
- salivăRomanian
- слюна́, слю́нкаRussian
- сли̏на, slȉnaSerbo-Croatian
- කෙළSinhala, Sinhalese
- slinaSlovak
- slinaSlovene
- pështymëAlbanian
- saliv, spottSwedish
- mateSwahili
- உமிழ்நீர்Tamil
- లాలాజలంTelugu
- оби даҳанTajik
- น้ำลายThai
- tüýkülikTurkmen
- luraTagalog
- salya, tükürükTurkish
- селәгәйTatar
- сли́наUkrainian
- رال, لارUrdu
- tupuk, sulakay, sulakUzbek
- nước bọtVietnamese
- salifVolapük
- שפייאכץYiddish
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