masseter noun. [ma'si:tǝ] L16.
[Greek masētēr, from masasthai chew.]
Anatomy. More fully masseter muscle. Either of a pair of muscles passing from the maxilla and zygomatic arch on each side of the head to the ramus of the mandible, and used in mastication.

■ masse'teric adjective M19.

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