xerostomia

English

Etymology

From xero- +‎ stoma +‎ -ia.

Noun

xerostomia (countable and uncountable, plural xerostomias)

1. (medicine) Abnormal dryness of the mouth.
   • 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.”

Synonyms

• asialism
• cottonmouth
• dry mouth

Translations

dry mouth — see dry mouth

Italian

Noun

xerostomia f (plural xerostomie)

1. (pathology) xerostomia