Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An excessive secretion of saliva.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Excessive flow of saliva; ptyalism; salivation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
Drooling ; the flow of excesssaliva from themouth .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek sialon, saliva + –rrhea.]
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Examples
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And now I wish I had included more from my informed consent spiel, mentioned the sialorrhea, and maybe talked about that one time I pushed it too fast...
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And now I wish I had included more from my informed consent spiel, mentioned the sialorrhea, and maybe talked about that one time I pushed it too fast...
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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The guidelines also recommend doctors consider offering their patients botulinum toxin B to treat sialorrhea, also known as drooling, if oral medications do not help.
seraphim7210 commented on the word sialorrhea
This kind of drooling isn't what you do while sleeping, but rather the slack-jaw, resting drooling caused by being zoned out on sedatives or antipsychotic drugs.
December 6, 2009
qms commented on the word sialorrhea
Now diarrhea, I've heard of it,
And know it's an excess of shit,
But had no idea
That sialorrhea
Is the word for a surfeit of spit.
December 13, 2015