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Definition of Masticatory
1. a. Chewing; adapted to perform the office of chewing food.
2. n. A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
Definition of Masticatory
1. Noun. (context: chiefly medicine) Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva. ¹
2. Adjective. Of, or relating to mastication. ¹
3. Adjective. Used for chewing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Masticatory
1. [n -RIES]
Medical Definition of Masticatory
1. 1. Subserving or pertaining to mastication, affecting the muscles of mastication. 2. A remedy to be chewed but not swallowed. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Masticatory
Literary usage of Masticatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"masticatory. MASTER OF THE WOODS, ... Also, a substance, chewed with the intention
of exciting the secretion of saliva. masticatory NERVE, see Trigemini. ..."
2. Handbook of meat inspection by Robert Ostertag, Earley Vernon Wilcox (1907)
"In the masticatory muscles 316 2. In the masticatory muscles and heart 39 3. ...
In the masticatory muscles and the tongue 4 5. In the cervical muscles 1 6. ..."
3. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and of Its Inhabitants: With Travels by John Davy (1821)
"What is called betel, is a variously compounded masticatory; it most commonly
... In the preparation of the masticatory, two instruments are used: oo 2 ..."
4. Diseases of the Nervous System: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by Hermann Oppenheim, Edward E. Mayer (1904)
"In bilateral paralysis of the masticatory muscles the jaw cannot be closed and
mastication is hindered. MUSCLES OP THE TONGUE (HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE). n ..."
5. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1891)
"The possession of a masticatory or fore-stomach is characteristic of the Crustacea
belonging ... The masticatory stomach is a spacious sac of varying form. ..."
6. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1872)
"A NOTE ON THE GROWTH OF THE masticatory ORGANS OF ISOPOD CRUSTACEANS. By W.
AINS- LIE HOLLIS, MD Cantab. (PI. XVIII.) I HAVE lately had an opportunity in ..."
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