Definition of Masticatory. Meaning of Masticatory. Synonyms of Masticatory

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Definition of Masticatory

Masticatory
Masticatory Mas"ti*ca*to*ry, a. [Cf. F. masticatoire.] Chewing; adapted to perform the office o? chewing food.
Masticatory
Masticatory Mas"ti*ca*to*ry, n.; pl. -ries. (Med.) A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva. --Bacon.

Meaning of Masticatory from wikipedia

- Masticatory force or force of mastication is the force created by the dynamic action of the masticatory muscles during the act of chewing. The muscles...
- Retrieved 2020-03-20. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mastication. Masticatory Muscles at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings...
- Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea (/krəˈsteɪʃə/), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including...
- Masticatory muscle myositis (MMM) is an inflammatory disease in dogs affecting the muscles of mastication (chewing). It is also known as atrophic myositis...
- 2024-01-08 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Muscles of mastication. Masticatory+Muscles at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings...
- occlusion refers to occlusal contacts made when the jaw is moving. The masticatory system also involves the periodontium, the TMJ (and other skeletal components)...
- are highly debated. Robinson (1913) suggests that the demand to resist masticatory stresses triggered bone thickening in the mental region of the mandible...
- portion which enables the jaw to withstand the powerful action of the masticatory muscles; but, the alveolar portion is the deeper of the two, and, consequently...
- epidermis of the palm of the hand, and the sole of the foot, and the masticatory mucosa. Epithelium [Micrograph] of normal stratified squamous epithelium...
- differentiated from masticatory pain that has the clinical characteristics of deep somatic rather than neuropathic pain. Masticatory pain will not be arrested...