Definition for PTY'A-LISM

PTY'A-LISM, n. [Gr. πτυαλισμος, a spitting, from πτυαλιζω, to spit often.]

In medicine, salivation; a morbid and copious excretion of saliva. – Coxe. Encyc.

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