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Word: Digastric
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: from modern Latin digastricus, from di- ‘twice’ + Greek gastēr ‘belly’ (because the muscle has two fleshy parts or ‘bellies’ at an angle, connected by a tendon)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʌɪˈɡastrɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
each of a pair of muscles which run under the jaw and act to open it.
Short Definition:each of pair of muscles which run under jaw and act to open it
Variant Forms:
- digastric muscle
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