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Meaning of DIGASTRIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di*gas"tric\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? belly:
cf. F. digastrique.] (Anat.)
(a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles
    which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the
    middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower
    jaw.
(b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as,
    the digastric nerves.
 
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