Etymology

sialic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to saliva. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σίαλον
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sialic · adjective1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσίαλον“spittle, saliva”
  2. English todaysialic

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

sialic · adjective2

  1. Malaysia
  2. Englishsial
  3. English todaysialic

From sial + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσίαλον all →

sialadenoncussialoquent

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