sialotropism

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noun

Attraction to the salivary glands.

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Meanings

nounsialotropism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAttraction to the salivary glands.

    The mode of transmission also is obscure, but the virus' sialotropism and its presence in the oral cavity of infected adults suggests that horizontal spread occurs from dams to unprotected neonates.

    2013, James G. Fox, Laboratory Animal Medicine, page 58

Origin

From sialo- + -tropism.

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sialotropism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sialotropism

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Chicago

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