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Salivary  adj.  (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Salivary" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the algae, viz., leptothrix, has as yet acquired any importance as a producer of disease. It gives rise to the formation of concretions, and that not only in the mouth, but also, as I have shown, in the salivary ducts ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 303 - October 22, 1881 • Various

... and glands, are made up of single or stratified and multiple layers of cells bound together by a glue of amorphous substance and resting on a layer composed of fibers. When the membrane serves for secreting or excreting purposes, as in the salivary glands or the kidneys, it is usually simple; when it serves the mechanical purpose of protecting a part, as over the tongue or skin, it is invariably multiple and stratified, the surface wearing away while new cells ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture



Words linked to "Salivary" :   sublingual salivary gland, submandibular salivary gland, saliva



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