insalivation

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noun

The mixing of food with saliva during mastication.

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Meanings

nouninsalivation (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountablemedicineThe mixing of food with saliva during mastication.
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    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 words, we make our food less digestible.

    1881 January 28, Felix Leopold Oswald, “Physical Education I”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 18
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APA

insalivation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insalivation

MLA

“insalivation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insalivation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insalivation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insalivation.

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