cottonmouth

English

Etymology

cotton +‎ mouth

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

Derived terms

cottonmouthed

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