MASTICATORY


Meaning of MASTICATORY in English

[mas.ti.ca.to.ry] adj (1694) 1: used for or adapted to chewing "~ limbs of an arthropod"

2: of, relating to, or involving the organs of mastication "~ paralysis"

[2]masticatory n, pl -ries (ca. 1611): a substance chewed to increase saliva

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