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SALIVATION
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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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