masticatory
masticatory · masticatories
Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase…Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.
UK/ˌmasˈtɪk.eɪ.tər.i/US/mæˈstɪk.əˌtɔr.i/
Meaning
1 sensesSomething chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.
Origin
From Latin mastico + -atory, the former borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “From Latin mastico + -atory, the former borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō, “I gnash the teeth”), from μάσταξ (mástax, “that with which one chews”).
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Forms
plural: masticatories| Singular | masticatory |
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