asialism en · NOUN
Etymology
From a- + sialo- + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Decrease or absence of salivary secretion; xerostomia.
Where swelling is prominent, edema and a massive accumulation of lymphocytes and plasma cells compress the salivary duct, which may result in almost complete asialism.
1991, K. Graamans, Hans Van den Akker, Diagnosis of salivary gland disorders, page 151:
Translations (1)
it ascialia (decrease of salivary secretion)