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Webster 1913 Edition


Digastric

Di-gas′tric

,
Adj.
[Gr.
δι-
=
δίσ-
twice + [GREEK] 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Digastric

DIGASTRIC

,
Adj.
[Gr., belly.] Having a double belly; an epithet given to a muscle of the lower jaw.