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asialism

asialism noun: decrease or absence of salivary secretion; xerostomia.

Noun

asialism (uncountable)

  1. Decrease or absence of salivary secretion; xerostomia.
    • Where swelling is prominent, edema and a massive accumulation of lymphocytes and plasma cells compress the salivary duct, which may result in almost complete asialism.1991, K. Graamans, Hans Van den Akker, Diagnosis of salivary gland disorders, page 151

Origin of asialism

From a- + sialo- + -ism.

Questions about asialism

What does asialism mean?
Asialism means decrease or absence of salivary secretion; xerostomia.
What part of speech is asialism?
Asialism is a noun.

Words near asialism in the dictionary

  1. Asiadollar
  2. Asiadollars
  3. asiago
  4. asiagos
  5. asialated
  6. asialism
  7. asialo-
  8. asialo-choriogonadotropin
  9. asialobiantennary
  10. asialofetuin
  11. asialogalactose

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