Usually means: Fluid secreted by salivary glands.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word saliva:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. saliva: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. saliva: Merriam-Webster
  3. saliva: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. saliva: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. saliva: Collins English Dictionary
  6. saliva: Vocabulary.com
  7. Saliva, saliva: Wordnik
  8. saliva: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. saliva: Wiktionary
  10. saliva: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. saliva: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. saliva: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. saliva: Dictionary.com
  14. saliva: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. saliva: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Saliva (album), Saliva (band), Saliva (disambiguation), Saliva: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Saliva: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. saliva: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. saliva: Rhymezone
  20. saliva, saliva, saliva: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. saliva: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. saliva: FreeDictionary.org
  23. saliva: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. saliva: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. saliva: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. saliva: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Saliva: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Saliva: Merck Manuals
  6. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  9. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  10. saliva: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. saliva: Medical dictionary
  12. Saliva: Drug Medical Dictionary
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See salivas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (physiology) 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.
noun:  Alternative form of Saliba (“language”) [An indigenous language of Eastern Colombia and Venezuela.]

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