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hypersalivate en · VERB

Etymology

From hyper- + salivate.

Meanings

  1. To produce significantly more than the normal amount of saliva.
    • Over the subsequent 12 to 18 hours, Jenny became anxious after she was fed canned food and began to retch and hypersalivate. 2013, Jane E. Sykes, Canine and Feline Infectious Diseases, →ISBN, page 529:
    • As he painfully tried to shovel those leafy greens down his throat before attempting some amazing feat of radical strength, he would hypersalivate, his nostrils would flare, and his eyes would water as he tried not to vomit. 2012, Spencer Baron, Secrets of the Game, →ISBN:
    • Patients may hypersalivate and be doubly incontinent. 2007, Joseph E. Parrillo, R. Phillip Dellinger, Critical Care Medicine, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hypersalivating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hypersalivates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hypersalivated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hypersalivated Tense=Past lexicographic