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muscle of mastication

muscle of mastication noun: any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication: the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid, and the lateral pterygoid.

Noun

muscle of mastication (plural muscles of mastication)

  1. Any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication: the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid, and the lateral pterygoid.

Forms of muscle of mastication

pluralmuscles of mastication

Questions about muscle of mastication

What does muscle of mastication mean?
Muscle of mastication means any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication: the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid, and the lateral pterygoid.
What part of speech is muscle of mastication?
Muscle of mastication is a noun.
What is the plural of muscle of mastication?
The plural of muscle of mastication is muscles of mastication.

Words near muscle of mastication in the dictionary

  1. muscle men
  2. muscle mommies
  3. muscle mommy
  4. muscle morph
  5. muscle morphs
  6. muscle of mastication
  7. muscle plum
  8. muscle plums
  9. muscle prism
  10. muscle queen
  11. muscle queens

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