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Definition of Masseter
1. Noun. A large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing.
Definition of Masseter
1. n. The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.
Definition of Masseter
1. Noun. (anatomy) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Masseter
1. a muscle that raises the lower jaw [n -S]
Medical Definition of Masseter
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Literary usage of Masseter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"Covering the masseter muscle, and firmly connected with it, is a strong layer of
fascia ... The masseter is exposed by the removal of this fascia (Fig. ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"HYSTERICAL CONTRACTURE OF THE masseter MUSCLE. Verhoogen (Jour, de Med. et de
Chirug.-Prat., Oct. 25,- 1896) reports a case of rare localization of ..."
3. The Dissector, or, Practical and surgical anatomy by Erasmus Wilson (1851)
"The masseter (fia<r<rao(j.ai, to chew,) is a short, thick, and sometimes quadrilateral
... Draw down the zygoma, and with it the origin of the masseter, ..."
4. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"The masseter is a short, thick, and fleshy muscle, which gives the rounding of
the cheek at its back part. It arises from the upper jaw-bone, at the back of ..."
5. The Dublin dissector or Manual of anatomy by Robert Harrison (1854)
"Next clean the masseter muscle and the temporal apo- neurosis. faw, and consists
of two portions, one anterior, which is the arger, the other posterior, ..."
6. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The Risorius arises in the fascia over the masseter and, passing horizontally
... The chief muscles of mastication are: masseter. Pterygoideus externus. ..."
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