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sialic

sialic adjective: of or pertaining to saliva.

Adjective (1)

sialic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to saliva.
  2. Of or pertaining to sialic acid or its derivatives.

Adjective (2)

sialic (not comparable)

  1. Composed predominantly of silica- and alumina-bearing minerals such as quartz and feldspar.
    • Near-synonym: ensialic
    • The total volume of these felsic rocks, variously estimated at 3 to 9 percent of the Cenozoic section, is much greater in Iceland than on other oceanic islands, and their abundance led early geologists to speculate that Iceland might be a small continental fragment covered by a thin veneer of...2007, Alexander R. McBirney, Igneous Petrology, Jones & Bartlett Learning, page 343

Synonyms of sialic

Origin of sialic

From Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “spittle, saliva”) + -ic.

From sial + -ic.

Words formed from sialic

Phrases with sialic

Questions about sialic

What does sialic mean?
Sialic means of or pertaining to saliva.
What part of speech is sialic?
Sialic is an adjective.

Words near sialic in the dictionary

  1. sialectasia
  2. sialectasis
  3. sialendoscope
  4. sialendoscopes
  5. sialendoscopy
  6. sialic
  7. sialic acid
  8. sialic acids
  9. sialid
  10. sialidan
  11. sialidase

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