salivary
pronunciation
How to pronounce salivary in British English:
UK [səˈlaɪvəri]
How to pronounce salivary in American English:
US [ˈsæləveri]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to saliva
Word Origin
- salivary (adj.)
- 1709, from Latin salivarius, from saliva (see saliva).
Example
- 1. The salivary glands act as a lubricant which softens the coarse fare and aids digestion .
- 2. Again , though , the difference was accounted for entirely by their levels of salivary testosterone .
- 3. Later , their progeny will head back into the mosquito 's salivary glands and infect its next victim .
- 4. Do you cite the israeli study that found an association between salivary gland cancer and heavy use of cell phones or the swedish study that found none ?
- 5. As they do so , their salivary glands secrete hirudin , an anticoagulant so effective that the pharmaceutical industry synthesises it as a blood-thinning agent .