Masseter Definition

mə-sētər, mă-
noun
Either of a pair of large muscles in the angle of the lower jaw, which raise the jaw in chewing, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Masseter

Noun

Singular:
masseter
Plural:
masseters

Origin of Masseter

  • New Latin, from Ancient Greek μασητήρ (masÄ“tÄ“r, “a chewer, a muscle of the lower jaw used in chewing"), from μασᾶσθαι (masasthai, “to chew"). Compare French masséter.

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin massētēr from Greek masētēr, massētēr from masāsthai to chew

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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