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Meaning of MASSETER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mas"se*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a chewer, ? a muscle
of the lower jaw used in chewing, from ? to chew: cf. F.
mass['e]ter.] (Anat.)
The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in
mastication.
 
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 Definition: a muscle of chewing that arises on the mandible and inserts on the zygomatic arch of the skull.
 

 

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