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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In physiology, the mixing of the saliva with the food in the act of eating.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol.) The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions of the mouth in eating.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun physiology, dated The mixing of food with saliva and other oral secretions while eating.

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