Usually means: Production of saliva by glands.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. salivation: Merriam-Webster
  2. salivation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. salivation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. salivation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. salivation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Salivation, salivation: Wordnik
  7. salivation: Wiktionary
  8. salivation: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. salivation: Dictionary.com
  10. Salivation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Salivation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. salivation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. salivation: Rhymezone
  14. Salivation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. salivation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. salivation: FreeDictionary.org
  17. salivation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. salivation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. salivation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. salivation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. salivation: Medical dictionary
  6. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  7. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See salivate as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (salivation)

▸ noun:  The process of producing saliva.

Similar:
drooling, slobber, slaver, drivel, insalivation, spit, slather, spittle, gleek, mouthbreathing, more...

Opposite:
desalivation, dry mouth, xerostomia

Types:
drool, spit, slobber, slobbering, slaver, slavering, drooling, more...

Phrases:
excessive salivation, salivation inhibitor, more...

Adjectives:
excessive, profuse, excess, mercurial, copious, conditioned, slight, abundant, severe, intense, much

Colors:
    lime,     lemon,     mint,     olive,     sage, more...



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Similar:
drooling, slobber, slaver, drivel, insalivation, spit, slather, spittle, gleek, mouthbreathing, more...

Opposite:
desalivation, dry mouth, xerostomia

Types:
drool, spit, slobber, slobbering, slaver, slavering, drooling, more...

Phrases:
excessive salivation, salivation inhibitor, more...

Adjectives:
excessive, profuse, excess, mercurial, copious, conditioned, slight, abundant, severe, intense, much

Colors:
    lime,     lemon,     mint,     olive,     sage, more...



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