Digastric definitions

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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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 + belly: cf. F. Digastrique. ... Source: Websters Dic...
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digastric

(di-gas´trik) having two bellies. digastric muscle.
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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 middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down t...
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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 posterior belly. Synonyms: biventral See: digastric...
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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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