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Meaning of asialism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Decrease or absence of salivary secretion; xerostomia.

uncountable

Equivalents

Italiano ascialia

Examples

“Where swelling is prominent, edema and a massive accumulation of lymphocytes and plasma cells compress the salivary duct, which may result in almost complete asialism.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

asialo-choriogonadotropin asialofetuin asialogalactose asialogalactosylation asialoglycan asialoglycoprotein