Word.ws English Dictionary

saliva test

saliva test noun: a medical test in which a sample of saliva is analyzed, often in order to measure a person's hormone levels; such a test administered to an athlete in order to conclusively determine gender.

Noun

saliva test (plural saliva tests)

  1. A medical test in which a sample of saliva is analyzed, often in order to measure a person's hormone levels; such a test administered to an athlete in order to conclusively determine gender.
    • Women competitors in the Olympic Games have to pass a saliva test to prove they are not long-haired men.1968 August 11, “'Beautiful Sport' Draws a Beauty”, in New York Times, page S6

Forms of saliva test

pluralsaliva tests

Questions about saliva test

What does saliva test mean?
Saliva test means a medical test in which a sample of saliva is analyzed, often in order to measure a person's hormone levels; such a test administered to an athlete in order to conclusively determine gender.
What part of speech is saliva test?
Saliva test is a noun.
What is the plural of saliva test?
The plural of saliva test is saliva tests.

Words near saliva test in the dictionary

  1. saliva
  2. saliva ejector
  3. saliva ejectors
  4. saliva gland
  5. saliva glands
  6. saliva test
  7. saliva tests
  8. salivae
  9. salivagram
  10. salivagrams
  11. salival

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: saliva test (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “saliva test.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/saliva_test. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.