Dry Mouth

  

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Dry Mouth

Definition: Dry Mouth

Dry Mouth

Noun

1. Abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Dry Mouth

Synonym: xerostomia (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Dry Mouth

Specialty definitions using "dry mouth": Anethole TrithioneGuanfacineSibutramine. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Dry Mouth

DomainTitle

References

  

Books

  • The I-Can't-Chew Cookbook: Delicious Soft Diet Recipes for People with Chewing, Swallowing, and Dry Mouth Disorders (reference)

  • Diseases of the Salivary Glands: Including Dry Mouth and Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis and Treatment (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Dry Mouth

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Sjögren's Syndrome is a major cause of dry mouth. (references)

One of the major causes of dry mouth is medication. (references)

He or she can try to determine what is causing your dry mouth. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Dry Mouth

Expressions using "dry mouth": have a dry mouth i have a dry mouth. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dry Mouth

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dry mouth

349

dry mouth treating

7

clinical decay dry mouth research tooth

3

dry mouth spray thayers

2

dry mouth thirst

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dry Mouth

Language Translations for "dry mouth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

xerostomia (xerostomia), xerostomi (xerostomia). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

xerostomie (xerostomia). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suun kuivuus (xerostomia), kserostomia (xerostomia). (various references)

   

French

  

xérostomie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ξηÏοστομία (xerostomia). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kiszáradt a szám (I have a dry mouth). (various references)

   

Italian

  

xerostomia (xerostomia), essiccatura buccale per via di disfunzione della saliva (xerostomia). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ydray outhmay

   

Russian 

  

набить оÑкомину (have a dry mouth). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

suva su mi usta (I have a dry mouth). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

xerostomía (xerostomia), sequedad de boca (xerostomia). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Dry Mouth

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-h-m-o-r-t-u-y"

-1 letter: drouthy.

-2 letters: drouth, mouthy.

-3 letters: dormy, dorty, humor, hydro, mohur, mothy, mouth, routh, thrum, tumor, youth.

-4 letters: dorm, dory, doth, doty, doum, dour, drum, duro, duty, homy, hour, hurt, mort, moth, myth, rout, ruth, ryot, thou, thro, thru, thud, tody, tory, tour, trod, troy, turd, tyro, yodh, your, yurt.

-5 letters: dom, dor, dot, dry, duh.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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