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hypersalivate

hypersalivate verb: to produce significantly more than the normal amount of saliva.

Verb

hypersalivate (third-person singular simple present hypersalivates, present participle hypersalivating, simple past and past participle hypersalivated)

  1. To produce significantly more than the normal amount of saliva.
    • Patients may hypersalivate and be doubly incontinent.2007, Joseph E. Parrillo, R. Phillip Dellinger, Critical Care Medicine, →ISBN
    • As he painfully tried to shovel those leafy greens down his throat before attempting some amazing feat of radical strength, he would hypersalivate, his nostrils would flare, and his eyes would water as he tried not to vomit.2012, Spencer Baron, Secrets of the Game, →ISBN

Forms of hypersalivate

third-person singular presenthypersalivates
present participlehypersalivating
past participlehypersalivated
pasthypersalivated

Origin of hypersalivate

From hyper- + salivate.

Questions about hypersalivate

What does hypersalivate mean?
Hypersalivate means to produce significantly more than the normal amount of saliva.
What part of speech is hypersalivate?
Hypersalivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of hypersalivate?
The past tense of hypersalivate is hypersalivated.

Words near hypersalivate in the dictionary

  1. hypersalience
  2. hypersalient
  3. hypersaline
  4. hypersalinities
  5. hypersalinity
  6. hypersalivate
  7. hypersalivated
  8. hypersalivates
  9. hypersalivating
  10. hypersalivation
  11. hypersalivations

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