saliva

the liquid produced in your mouth by glands, which helps you to swallow food and keeps your mouth moist

saliva

Collocations produce saliva · dry mouth

• The thought of food made his mouth water and he began to produce saliva.

  El pensamiento de la comida le hizo que se le hiciera agua en la boca y comenzó a producir saliva.

a sample of saliva used for medical tests or analysis

muestra de saliva, muestra salival

Collocations collect a saliva sample · test the saliva

• The doctor asked me to collect a saliva sample.

  El médico me pidió que recogiera una muestra de saliva.