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[English sal i (cyl); (e) th (yl), and suff.-ol.] [PHENETOL.] sa-li-va, 8. [Lat.; cf. Gr.sialon =spittle; Ru . slina.] [SLIME.] Physiol.: The salivary secretion or spittle. It consists partly of animal principles (osmazome, mucus, and pty a line), and partly of saline, which closely resemble those of the blood. Saliva moistens the food, and thus a ists in mastication and digestion. In some animals it has a solvent action on certain food stuffs. It converts starch into sugar. sa-li-val, a. [Eng. saliv(a); -al.] Pertaining to saliva; salivary. "Small canals like the salival ."-Grew: Cosmo. Sacra , bk. i., ch. v.