Definition of Ptyalise

1. Verb. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth. "The women ptyalise water into the bowl"; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"

Exact synonyms: Ptyalize, Spew, Spit, Spue
Generic synonyms: Cough Out, Cough Up, Expectorate, Spit Out, Spit Up
Derivative terms: Ptyalism, Spit, Spit, Spitter, Spitting
Also: Spit Up, Spit Up

Definition of Ptyalise

1. ptyalize [v PTYALISED, PTYALISING, PTYALISES] - See also: ptyalize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptyalise

ptomains
ptooey
ptooie
ptoses
ptosis
ptosyl
ptotic
ptr
pts
ptui
ptyalagogue
ptyalagogues
ptyalin
ptyaline
ptyalins
ptyalise (current term)
ptyalised
ptyalises
ptyalism
ptyalisms
ptyalith
ptyalize
ptyalized
ptyalizes
ptyalizing
ptyalogogue
ptyalogogues
ptychopariid
ptychopariids
ptyctodont

Literary usage of Ptyalise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medizin edited by [Anonymus AC00458176] (1899)
"... durch ptyalise — die Resorption von krankhafter Weise im Körper angesammelten Flüssigkeiten zn erzwingen. Von den zur Erzielung von ..."

2. The Stethoscope and Virginia Medical Gazette (1852)
"sometimes necessary to take blood from the arm, scarify and cup the temples and nucha and ptyalise the patient. The conjunctiva occasionally was left ..."

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