xerostomia

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English

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Etymology

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xero- +‎ stoma +‎ -ia

Noun

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xerostomia (countable and uncountable, plural xerostomias)

  1. (medicine) Abnormal dryness of the mouth.
    • Craig Welzbacher (actor) (2013), 6:02 from the start, in "First Days" (Modern Family), season 5, episode 2: “Claire (Julie Bowen): Amazing! You guys are actually hanging out by the water cooler. / Office worker (Craig Welzbacher): I have xerostomia. It's chronic dry mouth.”

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Translations

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dry mouth — see dry mouth

Italian

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Noun

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xerostomia f (plural xerostomie)

  1. (pathology) xerostomia
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