salivary cells

pl. Cells within the saccules or alveoli of the salivary glands. IMG:content-0909.png:[blocks in formation] ti ue. săl-i-vāte, v . t . [Lat. salivatus , pa. par. of salivo =to salivate.] To purge by the salivary glands; to excite or produce an unusual secretion and dis charge of saliva in, generally by the use of mer cury; to produce ptyalism in. "The methods of salivating are divers, but all by mercury."-Wiseman: Surgery, bk. viii., ch. x. săl-i-va-tion, subst . [Lat. salivatio ; Fr. saliva tion .] The act or proce of exciting or producing an unusual secretion and discharge of saliva, generally by the use of mercury; ptyalism; an abnormally abundant secretion and flow of saliva. "The humor of salivation is not properly spittle." Wiseman: Surgery, bk. viii., ch. x.