the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In medicine, salivation; a morbid and copious excretion of saliva.
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n. excessive flow of saliva
Word Usage
"In the morning had a rigor; acute fever, hot sweat, appeared to be free of fever; did not sleep long; after the sleep a chill, ptyalism; in the evening, great incoherence; after a little, vomited a small quantity of dark bilious matters."