What's the difference between saliva and spittle?

Saliva


Definition:

  • (n.) The secretion from the salivary glands.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A sensitive, selective and easy to use high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of cicletanide, a new diuretic, in plasma, red blood cells, urine and saliva is described.
  • (2) Most cis AB sera have anti-B activity, essentially at 4 degrees C. In saliva A and H substances are found in normal amounts but B substance is only evidenced by inhibition of autologous cells agglutination.
  • (3) The antigenic composition of an extract of rat dust, as a source of aeroallergens for rat-sensitive individuals, has been investigated and compared to the antigenic composition of rat saliva and urine.
  • (4) None of the parotid saliva samples from the alcoholic subjects had detectable bioactivity of EGF in saliva.
  • (5) On day 7, washes were collected as on day 0, and a collar was attached to the neck to prevent contamination from saliva.
  • (6) However, no correlation was observed as far as sex, pH of saliva and smoking habits were concerned.
  • (7) All teeth were incubated in a saliva-like solution except during treatment.
  • (8) During radiotherapy, the mean volume-based concentrations of all protein components assayed increased as the saliva flow rate decreased.
  • (9) There were no differences between groups in saliva cortisol values in either of the two experiments.
  • (10) In eight consecutive patients referred to the University of Queensland Dental School for investigation of tooth surface loss, six had no measurable quantities of resting whole saliva, four had low values for stimulated saliva flow rates, and only two patients had buffer capacities within the normal range.
  • (11) Compared with juvenile and adult controls, a significantly greater number of "fast isoamylases" was found in the parotid saliva of children with cystic fibrosis and their healthy heterozygous parents.
  • (12) The amount of free testosterone in the saliva was also ascertained for 23 of the subjects.
  • (13) Good to excellent results were found in more than 85 percent of them in the control saliva, and there have been no recurrences or fistulae.
  • (14) The responsible allergens are contained in the urine, saliva, and secretions of furred animals.
  • (15) A relatively large error was found in predicting serum levels from saliva.
  • (16) We have reviewed the functions of salivary secretions and the major role that saliva plays in maintaining oral homeostasis by protection, repair, and lubrication as well as in the initial phase of digestion.
  • (17) The addition of chlorhexidine and saliva increased staining when used with tea.
  • (18) The potassium concentration of saliva collected in the absence of back pressure and at raised pressure was similar even though back pressure reduced flow.
  • (19) Its biological properties and its function in saliva, if any, remain to be elucidated.
  • (20) In order for a stone to form, the following conditions would seem to be necessary; transient supersaturation of the saliva in Ca++ and PO4--, a pH greater than normal, intracellular precepitation of amorphous tricalcium phosphate which is transformed into crystalline hydroxyapatite and, then, the fixation of crystals on a "matrix" such as desquamated cells, fibrils and collagens.

Spittle


Definition:

  • (n.) See Spital.
  • (v. t.) To dig or stir with a small spade.
  • (n.) A small sort of spade.
  • (n.) The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We wish to thank Consultants from the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, The Middlesex Hospital and the Eastman Dental Hospital, who allowed us access to their patients; Mr. D. Garfield Davies, Dr. M. F. Spittle, Mr. D. Winstock, Mr. H. P. Cook, Professor H. C. Killey and Mr. L. W. Kay.
  • (2) But he can further disprove Gilbert's four-year-old spittle.
  • (3) All this, flecked with varying amounts of spittle, is recounted as fact on the net and in US papers.
  • (4) For group B patients, detecting this marker positiveness of 71.5% patients in serum and none in spittle.
  • (5) The treatment needs of the subjects was monitored too and the amount of Streptococco mutans in 6 years old schoolchildren, using spittle drawning, was investigated.
  • (6) Seventeen patients separated in two groups were treated for same: A) (10) positiveness of reply marker in serum, and negative for spittle.
  • (7) You could almost see the spittle flying from his lips,” Ludlam said.
  • (8) Finally, 27.9% reported swallowing the substance or spittle, suggesting the need for further research on the potential health implications of this behavior.
  • (9) The next day I was hauled into the head’s office to be read a spittle-flecked diatribe about how a particular parent felt Thatcher “saved this country from the Argentinians”, and they did not send their child to my school to be “indoctrinated by trendy lefty teachers”.
  • (10) The analysis of the spittle samples drawned in 6 years old schoolchildren points out high levels of Streptococcus mutans as regard those collected in other similar studies achieved by our Department.
  • (11) "The only difference between now and then those lick-spittle Lib Dems have joined the Tories to privatise it.
  • (12) And this is the problem: the unrealistic optimism that is an essential part of human character drives us to believe in miracle cures, whether they be statins, the lottery, or the spittle of a supposed messiah.
  • (13) B) (7) positiveness of reply marker in serum and spittle.
  • (14) These 287 exams consist of 145 bronchic aspiration liquids and 142 spittles.
  • (15) Faced with the BNP , all three mainstream parties, in what had doubtless been the subject of some negotiation by the programme's producers, were seated squarely to the left of the long, curved desk, with David Dimbleby in the centre acting as a reassuring buffer against any anticipated xenophobic spittle.
  • (16) More generally, a chemico-induction produced by material buccal spittle, at the laying, on by excrements is at the origin of these mechanisms.
  • (17) Standing next to David Dimbleby, he maintained an upbeat and optimistic tone, a more effective salesman than the traditional Brexiteer – a bar-room bore in a striped boating club blazer, giving a red-faced, spittle-flecked speech.
  • (18) However, the clinical symptomatology of this syndrome is peculiar, with little muscular mass, a long face with an open mouth from which the spittle runs easily, muscular hypotony, myotatic areflexia of hyporeflexia, normal serum enzymes and E.M.G.
  • (19) Above said was determined throughout DNA molecular hybrid of VHB in serum and spittle.
  • (20) It argued last week that Britain's austerity is "mendacious" spin, and a "con" and, in case you hadn't got the message and been bathed in sufficient spittle, "bare-faced deception".