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unsalivated

unsalivated adjective: not exposed to the action of saliva.

Adjective

unsalivated (not comparable)

  1. Not exposed to the action of saliva.
    • […] portions of the food, instead of being crushed, are crowded down into the cavity, and escape uncrushed and unsalivated into the stomach; and the more teeth you lose the more pains should you take to chew with what remains.1847, The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, volume 9, page 58

Origin of unsalivated

From un- + salivated.

Questions about unsalivated

What does unsalivated mean?
Unsalivated means not exposed to the action of saliva.
What part of speech is unsalivated?
Unsalivated is an adjective.

Words near unsalivated in the dictionary

  1. unsalesmanlike
  2. unsalient
  3. unsalinated
  4. unsaline
  5. unsalinized
  6. unsalivated
  7. unsalmonlike
  8. unsalt
  9. unsalted
  10. unsaltedness
  11. unsaltiness

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