insalivation

English

Noun

insalivation (uncountable)

1. (physiology, dated) The mixing of food with saliva during mastication.
   • 1881 January, Felix Leopold Oswald, “Physical Education I”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 18:

     There is an important difference between rapid and thorough digestion. In a similar way, a high temperature of our food facilitates deglutition, but, by dispensing with insalivation and the proper use of our teeth, we make the stomach perform the work of our jaws and salivary glands; in other words, we make our food less digestible.

Related terms

• insalivate

References

• “insalivation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

insalivation f (plural insalivations)

1. insalivation

Further reading

• “insalivation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.