dry mouth
Definition of dry mouth
: a condition in which the inside of a person's mouth becomes very dry The medication can cause dry mouth.
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: free or relatively free from a liquid and especially water
: not being in or under water
: lacking precipitation or humidity
: to make dry (see 1dry)
: to become dry
: the condition of being dry (see 1dry) : dryness
: something dry
: a dry place
: the natural opening through which food passes into the body of an animal and which in vertebrates is typically bounded externally by the lips and internally by the pharynx and encloses the tongue, gums, and teeth
: grimace
: an individual requiring food
: speak, pronounce
: to utter bombastically : declaim
: to repeat without comprehension or sincerity
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