Look up: digastric

1. Digastric
   Di·gas'tric adjective [ Greek di- = di`s- twice + ... belly: confer French digastrique .] (Anat.) (a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the...
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2. digastric
   <anatomy> Having two bellies; biventral; applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and especially. To the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw. ... Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves. ... Origin: Gr. = twice + b...
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3. digastric
   (di-gas´trik) having two bellies. digastric muscle.
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4. Digastric
   • (a.) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves. • (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.
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5. digastric
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dī-gas′trik Definitions: 1. Having two bellies; denoting especially a muscle with two fleshy parts separated by an intervening tendinous part. 2. Relating to the digastric muscle; denoting a fossa or groove with which it is in relation and a nerve supplying its p...
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6. digastric
   (muscle) Type: Term Definitions: 1. one of the suprahyoid group of muscles consisting of two bellies united by a central tendon that passes through a fascial loop connected to the body of the hyoid bone; origin, by posterior belly from the digastric groove medial to the mastoid process; insertion, by anterior belly into lower bor...
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7. digastric
   adjective, Greek dia = double, and gaster = belly, hence, 2-bellied.
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