Meaning of MASTICATION
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| | Definition: | | [n] biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow |
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| | Synonyms: | | chew, chewing, manduction |
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| | See Also: | | change of state, chomping, eating, feeding, gumming, mumbling, rumination | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mas`ti*ca"tion\, n. [L. masticatio: cf. F.
mastication.]
The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.
Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid
aliment, without which there can be no good digestion.
--Arbuthnot.
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