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venomosalivary

adj

Etymology

From venom + -o- + salivary.

  1. derived from *salw-✻
  2. inherited from salive
  3. learned borrowing from salīva — “spittle”
  4. suffixed as salivary — “saliva + ary”
  5. formed as venomosalivary — “venom + -o- + salivary”

Definitions

  1. Relating to venom and saliva.

    • Sporule forms of the parasite have been found in the venomosalivary gland, and as the lancet of the mosquito is anointed by the secretion from this gland, it becomes possible to understand how infection may be brought about.
    • Here they undergo reproduction by a sexual process, and appear in her venomosalivary gland in a condition ready for transmission to the next person bitten.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for venomosalivary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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