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Mastication

Mastication Meaning & Definition
Mastication Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mastication?

[n] biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mastication: chew | chewing | manduction

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mastication:

See Also | change of state | chomping | eating | feeding | gumming | mumbling | rumination

Mastication In Webster's Dictionary

\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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