insalivate
verb (used with object)
to mix with saliva, as food.
insalivation
-
a word derived from
insalivate.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
What becomes of the food directly after it has undergone mastication and insalivation?
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
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
This constitutes the second step of digestion, and is called insalivation.
From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison
Mastication means a thorough breaking up of the food into the smallest particles, and insalivation means the mixing of the small particles with the saliva.
From No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes by Rupert H. Wheldon
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 Francis M. Walters
