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insalivation

insalivation noun: the mixing of food with saliva during mastication.

Noun

insalivation (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The mixing of food with saliva during mastication.
    • There is an important difference between rapid and thorough digestion. In a similar way, a high temperature of our food facilitates deglutition, but, by dispensing with insalivation and the proper use of our teeth, we make the stomach perform the work of our jaws and salivary glands; in other...1881 January, Felix Leopold Oswald, “Physical Education I”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 18

Questions about insalivation

What does insalivation mean?
Insalivation means the mixing of food with saliva during mastication.
What part of speech is insalivation?
Insalivation is a noun.

Words near insalivation in the dictionary

  1. insalata caprese
  2. insalivate
  3. insalivated
  4. insalivates
  5. insalivating
  6. insalivation
  7. insalubrious
  8. insalubriously
  9. insalubriousness
  10. insalubrities
  11. insalubrity

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