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- noun Plural form of
ptyalism .
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In about the middle of nervous fevers a great spitting of saliva sometimes occurs, which has been thought critical; but as it continues sometimes two or even three weeks without the relief of the patient, it may be concluded to arise from some accidental circumstance, perhaps not unsimilar to the hysteric ptyalisms mentioned in Class I. 3. 2. 2.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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