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antisalivary

antisalivary adjective: suppressing the production of saliva.

Adjective

antisalivary (not comparable)

  1. Suppressing the production of saliva.
    • At least 45 minutes was required between administration and peak hypnotic and antisalivary effects. Increasing the oral promethazine dosage to 1.0 mg/lb produced no improvement in either hypnotic depth or antisalivary effect.1970, The journal of clinical pharmacology and the journal of new drugs

Origin of antisalivary

From anti- + salivary.

Questions about antisalivary

What does antisalivary mean?
Antisalivary means suppressing the production of saliva.
What part of speech is antisalivary?
Antisalivary is an adjective.

Words near antisalivary in the dictionary

  1. antisacerdotalists
  2. antisag
  3. antisagging
  4. antisakaton
  5. antisakatons
  6. antisalivary
  7. antisalmonellal
  8. antisaloon
  9. antisalooner
  10. antisalooners
  11. antisalt

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