- inviscation
- 1. Smearing with mucilaginous matter. 2. The mixing of the food, during mastication, with saliva. [L. in, in, on, + viscum, birdlime]
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in·vis·ca·tion (in″vis-kaґshən) [L. in among + viscum slime] the mixing of the food with the mucous secretion of the mouth in mastication.
Medical dictionary. 2011.