Saliva
noun
A clear liquid produced by the glands in your mouth.
When you eat food, your saliva helps to break it down.
Often appears as...
- excessive saliva
- mouth saliva
noun
A clear liquid produced by the glands in your mouth.
When you eat food, your saliva helps to break it down.
Often appears as...
- excessive saliva
- mouth saliva
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Pro Tip 1/3Bodily Function
Saliva has a key role in digestion and oral health, necessary for starting to break down food.
Your saliva contains enzymes that kickstart the digestion of your meal.
Pro Tip 2/3Hydration Indicator
Dry mouth can signal dehydration; saliva keeps your mouth moist and comfortable.
I knew I was thirsty when I felt a lack of saliva in my mouth.
Pro Tip 3/3Dental Health
Saliva helps neutralize acids and protects teeth from bacteria, which can prevent tooth decay.
The dentist said that saliva washes away food particles and keeps my teeth healthy.
Pro Tip 1/3Bodily Function
Saliva has a key role in digestion and oral health, necessary for starting to break down food.
Your saliva contains enzymes that kickstart the digestion of your meal.
Pro Tip 2/3Hydration Indicator
Dry mouth can signal dehydration; saliva keeps your mouth moist and comfortable.
I knew I was thirsty when I felt a lack of saliva in my mouth.
Pro Tip 3/3Dental Health
Saliva helps neutralize acids and protects teeth from bacteria, which can prevent tooth decay.
The dentist said that saliva washes away food particles and keeps my teeth healthy.
Pro Tip 1/3Bodily Function
Saliva has a key role in digestion and oral health, necessary for starting to break down food.
Your saliva contains enzymes that kickstart the digestion of your meal.
Pro Tip 2/3Hydration Indicator
Dry mouth can signal dehydration; saliva keeps your mouth moist and comfortable.
I knew I was thirsty when I felt a lack of saliva in my mouth.
Pro Tip 3/3Dental Health
Saliva helps neutralize acids and protects teeth from bacteria, which can prevent tooth decay.
The dentist said that saliva washes away food particles and keeps my teeth healthy.
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The loathsome, lethal...
including our own. There are actually thousands of species of mosquitos in the world, but they all share one insidious they suck blood, and they're really, really good at sucking blood. Here's how they do it. After landing, a mosquito will slather some saliva onto the victim's skin, which works like an antiseptic,
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New nanotech to detect...
Exosomes are important biomarkers that provide an early-warning system for the development of cancer. And because they're abundantly present in just about every bodily fluid, including blood, urine and saliva, they're extremely attractive for noninvasive liquid biopsies.
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Encouraging curiosity-dri...
gut how does it end up at a saliva gland where it actually becomes infectious to give you a view of a parasite site how a parasite feels when it goes through an insect cut here is a very short clip this is the giant fly this is the proboscis this is the actual pump that
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What we know (and don't...
Fortunately, while Ebola is highly virulent, several factors limit its contagiousness. Unlike viruses that proliferate through small, airborne particles, Ebola only exists in bodily fluids, such as saliva, blood, mucus, vomit, or feces. In order to spread,
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The science of...
saliva samples showed an increase in testosterone in those who had smelled a shirt worn by an ovulating woman. Such a testosterone boost may give a man the nudge to pursue a woman he might not have otherwise noticed. A woman's nose is particularly attuned
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Defending the ant nest...
If she is killed, the entire colony will die out. She must be protected, so termites start to isolate her from the fighting by building a wall of mud mixed with saliva that will harden like concrete. There's not much time.
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The truth about bats -...
but vampire bats can be a great help to humans. A chemical known as desmoteplase found in vampire bat saliva helps break down blood clots, and is being tested by recovering stroke victims.
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Caribou Blanket PIPE Life...
to hide all the time saliva actually helps it a lot of people don't get to do stuff like this anymore everybody used to do this everybody used to work on hides that was just normal
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The Intense 8 Hour Hunt...
And at the moment of death, he shared its pain. He rubs its saliva into his own legs to relieve the agony of his burning muscles. And he gives thanks for the life he has taken,
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Giant Carnivorous...
razor-sharp teeth and germ-laden saliva can inflict life-threatening wounds but water monitors rarely bite humans the reaction to these latter day
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The loathsome, lethal...
including our own. There are actually thousands of species of mosquitos in the world, but they all share one insidious they suck blood, and they're really, really good at sucking blood. Here's how they do it. After landing, a mosquito will slather some saliva onto the victim's skin, which works like an antiseptic,
Video examples
New nanotech to detect...
Exosomes are important biomarkers that provide an early-warning system for the development of cancer. And because they're abundantly present in just about every bodily fluid, including blood, urine and saliva, they're extremely attractive for noninvasive liquid biopsies.
Video examples
Encouraging curiosity-dri...
gut how does it end up at a saliva gland where it actually becomes infectious to give you a view of a parasite site how a parasite feels when it goes through an insect cut here is a very short clip this is the giant fly this is the proboscis this is the actual pump that
Video examples
What we know (and don't...
Fortunately, while Ebola is highly virulent, several factors limit its contagiousness. Unlike viruses that proliferate through small, airborne particles, Ebola only exists in bodily fluids, such as saliva, blood, mucus, vomit, or feces. In order to spread,
Video examples
The science of...
saliva samples showed an increase in testosterone in those who had smelled a shirt worn by an ovulating woman. Such a testosterone boost may give a man the nudge to pursue a woman he might not have otherwise noticed. A woman's nose is particularly attuned
Video examples
Defending the ant nest...
If she is killed, the entire colony will die out. She must be protected, so termites start to isolate her from the fighting by building a wall of mud mixed with saliva that will harden like concrete. There's not much time.
Video examples
The truth about bats -...
but vampire bats can be a great help to humans. A chemical known as desmoteplase found in vampire bat saliva helps break down blood clots, and is being tested by recovering stroke victims.
Video examples
Caribou Blanket PIPE Life...
to hide all the time saliva actually helps it a lot of people don't get to do stuff like this anymore everybody used to do this everybody used to work on hides that was just normal
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The Intense 8 Hour Hunt...
And at the moment of death, he shared its pain. He rubs its saliva into his own legs to relieve the agony of his burning muscles. And he gives thanks for the life he has taken,
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Giant Carnivorous...
razor-sharp teeth and germ-laden saliva can inflict life-threatening wounds but water monitors rarely bite humans the reaction to these latter day
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Mary Roach
American Author
Saliva has antibacterial properties. It also has things called nerve growth factor, skin growth factor, histatins which help with wound closure. So when you see an animal licking a wound or even a mom kissing a child's boo-boo, there's some, there's some good science behind why one might do this.
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Joshua Foer
American Journalist
All across Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, we find cultures that didn't know about mouth kissing until their first contact with European explorers. And the attraction was not always immediately apparent. Most considered the act of exchanging saliva revolting.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
The perception of juiciness involves a complex jumble of things, including how quickly juices are squeezed out of meat fibers by our teeth, how much saliva we produce, and the ratio of liquid fat to water-based liquid.
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Ivan Pavlov
Russian Psychologist
Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.
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Elizabeth Blackburn
Australian Scientist
We're involved in a very large study that's federally funded and being done with Kaiser Permanente, and saliva is a very non-invasive way to get cells from the body.
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Jesse Ventura
American Politician
I love fat people. Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland.
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Ryan White
American Celebrity
Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.
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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience.
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George Carlin
American Comedian
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
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Mary Roach
American Author
Saliva has antibacterial properties. It also has things called nerve growth factor, skin growth factor, histatins which help with wound closure. So when you see an animal licking a wound or even a mom kissing a child's boo-boo, there's some, there's some good science behind why one might do this.
Quote examples
Joshua Foer
American Journalist
All across Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, we find cultures that didn't know about mouth kissing until their first contact with European explorers. And the attraction was not always immediately apparent. Most considered the act of exchanging saliva revolting.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
The perception of juiciness involves a complex jumble of things, including how quickly juices are squeezed out of meat fibers by our teeth, how much saliva we produce, and the ratio of liquid fat to water-based liquid.
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Ivan Pavlov
Russian Psychologist
Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.
Quote examples
Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Blackburn
Australian Scientist
We're involved in a very large study that's federally funded and being done with Kaiser Permanente, and saliva is a very non-invasive way to get cells from the body.
Quote examples
Jesse Ventura
American Politician
I love fat people. Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland.
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Ryan White
American Celebrity
Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.
Quote examples
Helen Fisher
American Scientist
Saliva has testosterone and estrogen. When you kiss, you're having a chemical experience.
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George Carlin
American Comedian
Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
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