COTTONMOUTH

Etymology

Noun

cottonmouth (plural cottonmouths)

(medicine, uncountable) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.

A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.

A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.

Synonyms

• (oral dryness): dry mouth, xerostomia

Source: Wiktionary



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