sialagogue

American

[sahy-al-uh-gawg, -gog] / saɪˈæl əˌgɔg, -ˌgɒg /

Or sialogogue

adjective

sialagogic.

noun

a sialagogic agent or medicine.

sialagogue British

/ ˌsaɪələˈɡɒdʒɪk, ˈsaɪələˌɡɒɡ, saɪˈæləˌɡɒɡ /

noun

med any drug or agent that can stimulate the flow of saliva

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Other Word Forms

sialagogic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of sialagogue

1775–85; < New Latin sialagōgus < Greek síal ( on ) saliva + -agōgós -agogue

Example Sentences

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Theological argument, when not enlivened by bigotry, is seldom worse than narcotic: but theological fun, when not covert heresy, is almost always sialagogue.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

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