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Abnormal dryness of the mouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- Craig Welzbacher (actor) (2013), 6:02 from the start, in "First Days" (Modern Family), season 5, episode 2: “Claire (Julie Bowen): Amazing! You guys are actually hanging out by the water cooler. / Office worker (Craig Welzbacher): I have xerostomia. It's chronic dry mouth.”
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
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dry mouth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
Etymology tree English xero- English stoma Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English xerostomia From xero- + stoma + -ia.
