unsalivated
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unsalivated (not comparable)
- Not exposed to the action of saliva.
- 1847, The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, volume 9, page 58:
- […] portions of the food, instead of being crushed, are crowded down into the cavity, and escape uncrushed and unsalivated into the stomach; and the more teeth you lose the more pains should you take to chew with what remains.