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saliva

noun as in spit

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Lui said studies have shown that toxic chemicals can leach out of children’s toys and into their saliva if they put the products in their mouth.

The 53-year-old has been told for the past five years that he is terminally ill and knows he could die tomorrow by choking on food or on his own saliva.

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It spreads through birds' droppings and saliva, or through contaminated feed and water.

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Rabies is a rare but deadly viral disease that can be spread to humans from an infected animal - such as bats, coyotes, foxes or raccoons - most commonly through its saliva.

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But in 2009, DNA testing on saliva from bite marks on her body linked Lazarus to the crime.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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