(a.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) To determine the influence of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) adsorption on the wettability and elemental surface composition of human enamel, with and without adsorbed salivary constituents, surface-free energies and elemental compositions were determined.
(2) Caries-related bacteriological and biochemical factors were studied in 12 persons with low and 11 persons with normal salivary-secretion rates before and after a four-week period of frequent mouthrinses with 10% sorbitol solution (adaptation period).
(3) In addition to esophageal manometry, we also performed acid-clearance studies and examined salivary output, acid-neutralizing capacity, and bicarbonate concentration.
(4) Exogenous rIL-2 restored T-cell proliferation only in the salivary gland cultures of this patient.
(5) Mucosal drying medications and senile salivary gland atrophy seemed to contribute to the high frequency of sicca in this population with a lesser proportion of the subjects demonstrating previously undiagnosed Sjögren's and possible Sjögren's syndrome.
(6) Replication patterns of the larval salivary gland chromosomes were compared after pulse labeling with 3H-thymidine and autoradiography.
(7) A human salivary gland adenocarcinoma cell line was cultivated in the presence of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dB-cAMP), cis-diammine dichloroplatinum (cisplatin) or mitomycin C (MMC) only, or of the combination of dB-cAMP and each of the antineoplastic drugs.
(8) The hypothesis was tested that plaque, as a complex soil comprising microorganisms, cell debris, salivary deposits and other ill-defined organic and inorganic components, would be susceptible to removal by a rinse with high detersive action.
(9) There is also a continued increase in sporozoite infectivity during their residence in the salivary gland.
(10) The acylation of salivary mucin with fatty acids and its biosynthesis was investigated by incubating rat submandibular salivary gland cells with [3H]palmitic acid and [3H]proline.
(11) Therefore, it was concluded that beta-adrenergic receptors play the major role in the regulation of salivary flow and the secretion of amylase and calcium, whereas alpha-adrenergic receptors play a minor role in the regulation of these parameters.
(12) During the course of treatment, there was a significant reduction in the average salivary isoenzyme to within the normal range.
(13) A multiparametric analysis of the resident immune populations in the parotid, submandibular and sublingual salivary glands was done in single-cell suspensions.
(14) The strain gauge data suggested that a relation exists between masticatory force and parotid salivary flow.
(15) In either SLE or RA, there were no correlations between the rate of T cell subsets (HLA-DR positive T cells and CD4 + CD45R cells) and the degree of salivary gland damage.
(16) The Authors analyzed the modifications of some components of salivary microflora (S. mutans, Lactobacillus and yeasts) induced by orthodontic treatment.
(17) The salivary clearance of sugar and fluoride is influenced by several physiological factors not yet fully investigated or understood.
(18) The purpose of this work was to study the effects of prolonged mild diabetes on the submandibular salivary glands and testes of male rats over a 22-month period.
(19) The results showed no marked differences in stimulated salivary flow rates, buffering capacities and amylase and total protein concentrations between the beginning and the end of the 12 month trial.
(20) The concentrations of the oral secretory immunoglobulins A and M were increased during the first 7 days but, when corrected for changes in the salivary flow rate, the secretion rates of S-IgA and S-IgM remained unchanged, relative to the values before chemotherapy.
Salivate
Definition:
(v. t.) To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.
(v. i.) To produce saliva, esp. in excess.
Example Sentences:
(1) Possible involvement of muscarinic cholinergic neurons in the GTX-III-induced salivation is also suggested.
(2) The change in the magnitude of conditioned salivation, latencies of secretion and motor reaction was temporary, and by the end of the third postoperative period their initial magnitudes were restored.
(3) Salival flux and other salival characteristics are also analyzed.
(4) The bicarbonate concentration in rat parotid saliva increases with increasing flow rates and approximates plasma values at highest salivation.
(5) Those symptoms occurring more frequently in PD patients than in controls included abnormal salivation, dysphagia, nausea, constipation, and defecatory dysfunction.
(6) Excess salivation improved in four subjects on sodium valproate.
(7) Aggressiveness was the most obvious symptom (71%) followed by salivation (48%), paresis and paralysis (28%) and barking (11%).
(8) doses of 0.2 and 2 micrograms capsaicin induced bradycardia, hypertension and salivation but no change in insufflation pressure.
(9) Atropine abolished heat-induced salivation and endocrine kallikrein secretion, possibly through interference with central pathways (P less than 0.05).
(10) All of the clinical signs of milk fever occurred in the experimental model, but there were extra signs (excessive salivation, excessive lip and tongue actions, and tail lifting) which were not present or recorded in naturally occurring cases of hypocalcaemia.
(11) Post-operative complications included clenching of teeth in 5 patients, vomiting in 2 and excessive salivation in 3.
(12) When blood enzyme activities were 70-100% normal, no obvious signs were seen; at 60-70%, salivation occurred; at less than 30-55%, disturbed ventilation and fasciculations were seen, and at 15-30%, convulsions occurred.
(13) Furthermore, acute administration of large doses of pyridostigmine results in salivation and gastrointestinal stimulation well in advance of any impairment of respiratory function.
(14) The salivation was frequently stimulated with citric acid solution, then parotid saliva and mandibular-sublingual saliva were collected separately by means of permanent fistulae.
(15) These results suggest that two distinct neural pathways exist which mediate reflex salivation in the lower brain stem of the rat, i.e., the taste pathway via the NTS and the nociceptive pathway via the trigeminal sensory nuclei.
(16) Five to 10 min after the drug administration, the camels at both dosages showed lacrimation, salivation, trembling, restlessness, frequent urination and defecation, followed by diarrhea.
(17) Adverse effects, such as abdominal colic, nausea, salivation, dizziness, and headache, were seen in almost all the patients in those two groups.
(18) Among the methods of treatment the most severe inhibition of salivation was noted in the group treated with amitriptyline, the least--after NDULECT.
(19) Further, in cats pretreated with ICV reserpine and 6-hydroxydopamine, but not with ICV 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine and hemicholinium, the salivation caused by ICV TRH was abolished.
(20) The results indicate that vasopressin, angiotensin II and neurotensin inhibit the action of substance P on salivation at sites other than the parotid cells.