digastric

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digastric - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Digastric \Di*gas"tric\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? belly:
     cf. F. digastrique.] (Anat.)
     (a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles
         which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the
         middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower
         jaw.
     (b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as,
         the digastric nerves.
         [1913 Webster]