sialo-
(saɪələʊ)
before a vowel also sial-, comb. form of Gr. σίαλον saliva, used as a formative element in Med., as ˌsial(o)adeˈnitis [Gr. ἀδήν gland], inflammation of a salivary gland; ˈsialolith [-lith], a calculus in a salivary gland; hence ˌsialoliˈthiasis, the presence of such a calculus; sialorrhœa (-ˈriːə) [-rrhœa, -rrhea], excessive flow of saliva.
| 1859 Mayne Expos. Lex. (1860) 1159/2 Sialadenitis. 1925 Marshall & Piney Textbk. Surg. Path. vi. 123 Chronic sialo-adenitis may affect either the parotid or submaxillary and may be associated with calculi. 1977 Arch. Virol. LIV. 352 Sialoadenitis produced by PRCV..was morphologically compatible with SDAV-induced lesions. |
| [1855 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 12) 787/2 Sialolithi, calculi, salivary.] 1862 Mayne Med. Vocab. (ed. 2) 373/2 Sialolithus, a salival calculus; a sialolith. 1910 Adami & Nicholls Princ. Path. II. xvii. 396 Concretions composed of phosphate or carbonate of lime are not uncommonly found within the [salivary] duct (sialoliths), sometimes causing or associated with cystic dilatation of the ducts and acini. 1973 Brit. Dental Jrnl. CXXXV. 292/2 The sialolith was club-shaped, yellow in colour and measured 14 mm in length. |
| 1859 Mayne Expos. Lex. (1860) 1160/1 Sialolithiasis. 1916 L. F. Barker Monographic Med. III. viii. 264 Stone is sometimes palpable in a salivary duct (sialolithiasis). 1973 Brit. Dental Jrnl. CXXXV. 291/1 Sialolithiasis, the formation of a calculus in the duct or gland substance of a major or minor salivary gland, occurs most commonly in the middle-aged adult. |
| 1846 Lond. Med. Gaz. XXXVII. 379/1 In the idiopathic sialorrhœa..the flow takes place as well in the night as in the day time. 1888 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VI. 251/1 The term sialorrhea, while indicating an abnormal flow, does not necessarily imply abnormal secretion. 1933 Ann. Rep. London County Council IV. iii. 135 At the same time the face may be distorted into a spasmodic grimace, accompanied by flushing, lachrymation and sialorrhœa. 1978 Jrnl. R. Soc. Med. LXXI. 346 Abnormal conditions, such as excessive diarrhoea, sialorrhoea or sweating. |