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The medical word for drooling, because doctors refuse to just say drool.
means The clinical term for excessive drooling — saliva escaping the mouth more than is normal, often due to poor swallow control or overproduction.
from Built from Greek roots: 'sialon' meaning saliva, plus '-rrhea,' a combining form meaning flow or discharge (the same ending you see in diarrhea and seborrhea). Together it literally means 'saliva-flowing' — Greek's typically blunt, clinical way of naming a bodily overflow, dressed up just enough to sound dignified on a chart.
- literal meaning
- Greek for saliva flow, dressed in a lab coat
- common cause
- teething babies and bad dentures alike
- treatable with
- botox injections into the salivary glands
- fancy context
- makes a napkin sound like a diagnosis