How to Use salivary in a Sentence

salivary

adjective

• The mumps virus causes fever, aches and pains, and puffy cheeks from swollen salivary glands.
  — Jonathan Lapook, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2018
• Most people will then see salivary glands swell, causing puffy cheeks and a swollen jaw.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 25 Oct. 2017
• The smell of each food caused a different set of changes to salivary proteins.
  — Chris Gorski, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2023
• Some surgeons place a drain under the platysma to guard against salivary leaks.
  — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 14 May 2026
• 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
• Gwynn was found in 2010 to have cancer in his right parotid salivary gland.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 23 May 2016
• What if the sight of that Porsche really gets my salivary glands going?
  — Jonah Lehrer, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2011
• Mumps is a viral disease that affects the salivary glands, causing painful swelling.
  — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 3 June 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
• 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
• Wendy Burns, a survivor of salivary gland cancer, said simply.
  — Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 6 June 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
• 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
• 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
• Mumps typically causes swelling and tenderness of the salivary glands in the cheeks and jaw.
  — Rafael Guerrero, Elgin Courier-News, 16 June 2017
• If confirmed, this discovery will be the first set of salivary glands revealed in 300 years.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2020
• 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
• Adenoid cystic carcinoma is most commonly found in the salivary glands of the head and neck.
  — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 14 Mar. 2018
• 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
• 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
• For these dogs, the salivary cortisol samples were taken both before and after the Wesen test.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
• 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
• Symptoms can take around two or three weeks to develop, and people are contagious for two days before salivary glands start to swell, and five days afterward.
  — Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Sep. 2017
• Surgery to remove the tumor from her salivary gland was successful, but two years later the cancer reappeared in her thyroid, which was also removed.
  — Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2017
• Gwynn, the Hall of Fame outfielder for the Padres, died of salivary gland cancer in 2014.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 July 2016
• Sixteen of the 24 dogs had their salivary serotonin levels measured, but the results were not significant.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
• 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
• On Sunday, the bestselling cookbook author tweeted a video of her beignet-baking process, triggering a million salivary glands in the process.
  — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 29 July 2019