asialism
English
Noun
asialism (uncountable)
- (pathology) Decrease or absence of salivary secretion; xerostomia.
- 1991, K. Graamans, Hans Van den Akker, Diagnosis of salivary gland disorders, page 151:
- Where swelling is prominent, edema and a massive accumulation of lymphocytes and plasma cells compress the salivary duct, which may result in almost complete asialism.
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Translations
decrease of salivary secretion
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