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Ptyalism definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PTY'ALISM, n. [Gr. a spitting, to spit often.]
In medicine, salivation; an unnatural or copious flow of saliva.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: excessive flow of saliva

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin ptyalismus, from Greek ptyalismos, from ptyalizein to salivate, from ptyalon Date: 1676 an excessive flow of saliva

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.