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masticatory

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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 (mst-k-tôr)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or used in mastication.
2. Adapted for chewing.
n.
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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