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dry mouth (dry) n. a condition that occurs as a result of reduced salivary flow from a variety of causes, including therapeutic agents, Sjögren's syndrome, connective-tissue disease, diabetes, excision or absence of a major salivary gland, or radiotherapy to the head that destroys the salivary glands. Medical name: xerostomia.

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