Cottonmouth
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cottonmouth is a noun meaning (medicine, uncountable) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
Meaning
(medicine, uncountable) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
More Meanings
- A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
- A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.
Word Forms
- cottonmouths
- cotton-mouth
Synonyms for cottonmouth
Depending on context, synonyms include xerostomia.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include moccasin, moccasins, oxycotton, medicine, morclofone, krokodil.
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