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masticatory /mas·ti·ca·to·ry/ (mas´tĭ-kah-tor″e)

1. subserving or pertaining to mastication; affecting the muscles of mastication.

2. a remedy to be chewed but not swallowed.

mas·ti·ca·to·ry (m

-k

-tôr

)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or used in mastication.

2. Adapted for chewing.

A medicinal substance that is chewed to increase salivation.

masticatory [mas´tĭ-kah-tor″e]

1. pertaining to mastication.

2. a substance to be chewed, but not swallowed.

masticatory

1. pertaining to mastication.

2. a substance to be chewed, but not swallowed.

masticatory muscles

include the masseter, temporal, pterygoids and digastric muscles.

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