Xerostomia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Abnormal dryness of the mouth. countable, uncountable

    "Craig Welzbacher (actor) (2013), 6:02 from the start, in "First Days" (Modern Family), season 5, episode 2: “Claire (Julie Bowen): Amazing! You guys are actually hanging out by the water cooler. / Office worker (Craig Welzbacher): I have xerostomia. It's chronic dry mouth.”"

  2. 2
    abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva wordnet

Synonyms

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dry mouthasialismasialismcottonmouthcottonmouthdry mouth

Example

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"Craig Welzbacher (actor) (2013), 6:02 from the start, in "First Days" (Modern Family), season 5, episode 2: “Claire (Julie Bowen): Amazing! You guys are actually hanging out by the water cooler. / Office worker (Craig Welzbacher): I have xerostomia. It's chronic dry mouth.”"

Etymology

From xero- + stoma + -ia.

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