digastric

digastric definition - medical

di·gas·tric (dī-găsˈtrĭk)

adjective
  1. Having two bellies; biventral. Used especially of a muscle with two fleshy parts separated by an intervening tendinous part.
  2. Of or relating to the digastric muscle.

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