insalivation
- a word derived from insalivate.
Example Sentences
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It causes insalivation by paralysis of the secretory fibers of the chorda tympani; increases the flow of bile; has no action upon the spleen.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various
Roots are so easily masticable that if they are rendered more so there is danger of their being so hastily swallowed as to escape thorough insalivation, which is so necessary to ensure perfect digestion.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir
Gruels, like all other foods, should be retained in the mouth for proper insalivation, and it is well to eat them with wafers or some hard food, when solid food is allowed.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.
The mouth by its construction is well adapted to carrying on the processes of mastication and insalivation.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
For the labourer the food must be in part solid, requiring mastication and insalivation, and not rapid of digestion.
From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John
