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Abnormal dryness of the mouth
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry, mouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: xerostomia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
جفاف الحلق
(jafaf alhalaq)
— dry mouth
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Basque:
xerostomia
— dry mouth
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Catalan:
xerostomia
— dry mouth
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Chinese Mandarin:
口乾 /口干
(kǒugān)
— dry mouth
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Czech:
xerostomie
— dry mouth
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Czech:
suchost úst
— dry mouth
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Danish:
mundtørhed
— dry mouth
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Danish:
xerostomi
— dry mouth
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Dutch:
drogemondsyndroom
— dry mouth
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Dutch:
xerostomie
— dry mouth
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Dutch:
hyposalivatie
— dry mouth
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Estonian:
kserostoomia
— dry mouth
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Estonian:
suukuivus
— dry mouth
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Finnish:
kserostomia
— dry mouth
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French:
xérostomie
— dry mouth
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German:
Mundtrockenheit
— dry mouth
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German:
Xerostomie
— dry mouth
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Greek:
ξηροστομία
(xirostomía)
— dry mouth
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Hindi:
शुष्क मुख
(śuṣk mukh)
— dry mouth
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Indonesian:
xerostomia
— dry mouth
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Italian:
xerostomia
— dry mouth
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Japanese:
口腔乾燥症
(kōkū kansō-shō)
— dry mouth
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Kannada:
ಒಣವಾಯ್
(oṇavāy)
— dry mouth
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Kannada:
ಒಣಬಾಯಿ
(oṇabāyi)
— dry mouth
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Latin:
xerostomia
— dry mouth
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Polish:
kserostomia
— dry mouth
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Portuguese:
xerostomia
— dry mouth
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Portuguese:
boca seca
— dry mouth
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Romanian:
xerostomie
— dry mouth
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Russian:
ксеростоми́я
(kserostomíja)
— dry mouth
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Slovak:
xerostomia
— dry mouth
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Slovak:
suché ústa
— dry mouth
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Slovene:
kserostomija
— dry mouth
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Spanish:
xerostomía
— dry mouth
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Swedish:
muntorrhet
— dry mouth
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Swedish:
xerostomi
— dry mouth
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Tamil:
உலர்வாய்
(ularvāy)
— dry mouth
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Turkish:
xerostomi
— dry mouth