How to Use salivary in a Sentence

salivary

adjective

• Called weaning when the fentanyl hangs salivary at the chin of the bed.
  — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
• The mumps virus causes fever, aches and pains, and puffy cheeks from swollen salivary glands.
  — Jonathan Lapook, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2018
• Gwynn was found in 2010 to have cancer in his right parotid salivary gland.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 23 May 2016
• Mumps symptoms include discomfort and swelling of the salivary glands in the front of the neck or the parotid glands in front of the ears.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2019
• Gwynn, the Hall of Fame outfielder for the Padres, died of salivary gland cancer in 2014.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 July 2016
• This is caused by swollen salivary glands under the ears on one or both sides of the head, known as parotitis.
  — Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2019
• Most people will then see salivary glands swell, causing puffy cheeks and a swollen jaw.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 25 Oct. 2017
• What if the sight of that Porsche really gets my salivary glands going?
  — Jonah Lehrer, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2011
• Symptoms include fever, headache and swelling of the salivary glands, which causes puffy cheeks and a tender jaw.
  — Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Gwynn battled cancer of the salivary gland before his death at 54.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2018
• Typical symptoms are a fever, body aches, headaches, fatigue and swelling of the salivary glands.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 13 June 2019
• If confirmed, this discovery will be the first set of salivary glands revealed in 300 years.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2020
• And should their froggy prey prove to be of the poisonous variety, the bats' salivary glands can neutralize the toxins in the skin.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022
• Mumps typically causes swelling and tenderness of the salivary glands in the cheeks and jaw.
  — Rafael Guerrero, Elgin Courier-News, 16 June 2017
• Mumps is a viral disease that affects the salivary glands, causing painful swelling.
  — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 3 June 2019
• Mumps is a viral illness that causes headaches, fever, muscle aches, fatigue and swollen salivary glands around the jaw.
  — Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2018
• Wendy Burns, a survivor of salivary gland cancer, said simply.
  — Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 6 June 2017
• Some years ago, Porat-Shliom and her colleagues were studying the acinar cells of the salivary glands, which act in concert to secrete saliva.
  — Quanta Magazine, 6 July 2021
• Copeland died on Easter Sunday 2008 after a battle with a rare form of salivary cancer.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• The child was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and found to have swelling of salivary glands, a common symptom of the mumps.
  — Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• The symptoms of a salivary stone are swelling and pain with eating, or even with anticipation of eating.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 June 2022
• Symptoms include fatigue, body aches, headache, loss of appetite, a low-grade fever and swelling of the salivary glands, according to health experts.
  — Daily News, The Mercury News, 2 June 2017
• Adenoid cystic carcinoma is most commonly found in the salivary glands of the head and neck.
  — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 14 Mar. 2018
• Symptoms of mumps include: fever, headache, tiredness, muscle aches and swollen and tender salivary glands.
  — Courtney Perkes, Orange County Register, 27 Apr. 2017
• Warming may increase biting rates and how fast diseases can move through a bug into their salivary glands.
  — Megan Molteni, WIRED, 2 May 2018
• These tiny critters piece the skin, inject a salivary secretion that breaks down skin cells that are subsequently sucked up by the mite.
  — Sallie Lee, AL.com, 5 June 2017
• Then, the cake itself: yeast and enriched wheat flour and palm oil and more sugar, congealing and forcing one’s salivary glands to go into overdrive.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 2 Feb. 2023
• Humans have three pairs of major salivary glands (parotid, submandibular and sublingual) that open into the mouth through ducts.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
• The body's other large salivary glands, which sit closer to the surface of the skin, can also be poked and prodded; that's far less feasible with this fourth pair of structures, which are tucked under the base of the skull.
  — Katherine J. Wu New York Times, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
• Dry mouth and oral dryness, medically referred to as xerostomia, occur from a reaction to the CBD in the salivary glands of the mouth.
  — Dallas News, 31 Oct. 2022

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