Xerostomia

Definition: Xerostomia

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

Specialty Definition: Xerostomia

Non-English Usage: "Xerostomia" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (xerostomia), Portuguese (xerostomia).

Non-Fiction Usage: Xerostomia

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Chronic graft-versus-host disease is associated with xerostomia. (references)
		Significant xerostomia is not as frequently encountered in patients treated with chemotherapy. (references)
		At present, there are no agreed-upon pretreatment strategies to prevent or minimize xerostomia. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Xerostomia

Modern Translation: Xerostomia

Language		Translations for "xerostomia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		xerostomi (dry mouth). (various references)

Dutch		xerostomie (dry mouth). (various references)

Finnish		suun kuivuus (dry mouth), kserostomia (dry mouth). (various references)

French		xérostomie. (various references)

German		Xerostomie. (various references)

Greek		ξηροστομία (dry mouth). (various references)

Italian		xerostomia (dry mouth). (various references)

Pig Latin		erostomiaxay

Portuguese		xerostomia. (various references)

Spanish		xerostomía (dry mouth), sequedad de boca (dry mouth). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Xerostomia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-o-o-r-s-t-x"
	-2 letters: amortise, atomiser, matrixes, mooriest, motorise, roomiest, tearooms, toxemias.
	-3 letters: amorist, amosite, atomies, atomise, erotism, exotism, imarets, maestri, maestro, misrate, moister, mooters, mortise, osteoma, roomies, smartie, sootier, tearoom, toxemia, trisome.
	-4 letters: aimers, airest, aorist, ariose, arioso, aristo, armets, armies, axioms, axites, extras, imaret, isomer, ixoras, master, mastix, maters, matres, matrix, merits, metros, misate, miseat.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-o-o-r-s-t-x"
	+5 letters: excommunicators, extemporisation.
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Domain	Definition
Health	Decreased salivary flow. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day
xerostomia	57
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.