单词 | insalivation |
释义 | insalivationn. The action of mixing or impregnating food with saliva in the act of mastication. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > chewing > mixing with saliva insalivation1833 1833 R. Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. in J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (1846) 1846–51 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 265 This fluid is termed Saliva, and the act by which it is incorporated with the food is termed insalivation. 1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1872) vi. 144 These processes of mastication, insalivation, and deglutition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1833 |
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