ptyalism

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pty=a=lism

CIDE DICTIONARY

ptyalism, n. [Gr. , fr. to spit much, fr. spittle, fr. to spit: cf. F. ptyalisme.].

 Salivation, or an excessive flow of saliva.  Quain.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

ptyalism

Excretion

N excretion, discharge, emanation, exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis, evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, shit, stools, crap, bloody flux, cacation, coeliac-flux, coeliac- passion, dysentery, perspiration, sweat, subation, exudation, diaphoresis, sewage, eccrinology, saliva, spittle, rheum, ptyalism, salivation, catarrh, diarrhoea, ejecta, egesta, sputa, excreta, lava, exuviae, hemorrhage, bleeding, outpouring.