muscle of mastication

English

Noun

muscle of mastication (plural muscles of mastication)

(anatomy) Any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication: the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid, and the lateral pterygoid.

Translations

any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication

Chinese:
Mandarin: 咀嚼肌 (jǔjuéjī)
Finnish: puremalihas
Hungarian: rágóizom (hu)

Japanese: 咀嚼筋 (そしゃくきん, soshakukin)
Romanian: mușchi masticator (ro) m
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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