ptyalagogue
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prettygoodwordptyalagogue (tai-AYL-ə-gŏg) - n., (rare) a sialogogue.
Which is to say, given sialogogue is not that much more common, something that induces the flow of saliva. From Greek of course, given that pt-, but while the suffix is from agōgós, drawing forth, I'm not finding the root of ptyal- -- though since sialos is saliva, so maybe the pty- part is a dialect form?
---L.
Which is to say, given sialogogue is not that much more common, something that induces the flow of saliva. From Greek of course, given that pt-, but while the suffix is from agōgós, drawing forth, I'm not finding the root of ptyal- -- though since sialos is saliva, so maybe the pty- part is a dialect form?
---L.
