asialism

English

Noun

asialism (uncountable)

(pathology) Decrease or absence of salivary secretion; xerostomia.
- 1991, K. Graamans, ‎Hans Van den Akker, Diagnosis of salivary gland disorders, page 151:
  Where swelling is prominent, edema and a massive accumulation of lymphocytes and plasma cells compress the salivary duct, which may result in almost complete asialism.

Translations

decrease of salivary secretion

Italian: ascialia f

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