Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Producing a flow of saliva; ptyalogogue.
  • noun A drug which produces a flow of saliva.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any drug that increases the flow of saliva.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Ancient Greek saliva + leading.

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Examples

  • Also a powerful sialogogue and valuable in diseases where mouth and throat get dry, and for sore throat; will relieve difficult breathing and produce moisture if given in very small doses of the powder.

    Find Me A Cure 2008

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