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enterosalivary

enterosalivary adjective: relating to the saliva within the stomach and intestine.

Adjective

enterosalivary (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the saliva within the stomach and intestine
    • Baseline plasma nitrate levels were similar to those of young recreationally active individuals[6, 34 ] and, whilst we were concerned that possible age related changes in digestion, enterosalivary circulation and oral commensal bacteria might impair nitrate delivery, the plasma nitrate levels...2015 December 24, “Acute Dietary Nitrate Supplementation and Exercise Performance in COPD: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomised Controlled Pilot Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of enterosalivary

From entero- + salivary.

Questions about enterosalivary

What does enterosalivary mean?
Enterosalivary means relating to the saliva within the stomach and intestine.
What part of speech is enterosalivary?
Enterosalivary is an adjective.

Words near enterosalivary in the dictionary

  1. enterorrhagia
  2. enterorrhagias
  3. enterorrhaphies
  4. enterorrhaphy
  5. enterorrhexis
  6. enterosalivary
  7. enteroscope
  8. enteroscopes
  9. enteroscopic
  10. enteroscopically
  11. enteroscopies

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