Digastric Definition
dī-găstrĭk
adjective
Designating or of a muscle that bellies out from both sides of its tendon, esp. such a muscle in the neck that helps to lower the jaw and indirectly moves the tongue.
Webster's New World
Having two fleshy ends connected by a thinner tendinous portion. Used of certain muscles.
American Heritage Medicine
Having two bellies; biventral.
Wiktionary
noun
A muscle of the lower jaw that elevates the hyoid bone and assists in lowering the jaw.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Digastric
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di- + gastric
From Wiktionary
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