cottonmouth

English

Etymology

From cotton +‎ mouth.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cottonmouth (plural cottonmouths)

1. (medicine, uncountable) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
2. A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
3. A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.

Synonyms

• (oral dryness): dry mouth, xerostomia

Derived terms

• cottonmouthed

Translations

oral dryness

• Finnish: suun kuivuminen

water moccasin — see water moccasin