unsalivated

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adjective

Not exposed to the action of saliva.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveunsalivated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot 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

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Chicago

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