"muscle of mastication" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: muscles of mastication [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|muscles of mastication}} muscle of mastication (plural muscles of mastication)
  1. (anatomy) Any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication: the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid, and the lateral pterygoid. Wikipedia link: muscle of mastication Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication): 咀嚼肌 (jǔjuéjī) (Chinese Mandarin), puremalihas (Finnish), rágóizom (Hungarian), 咀嚼筋 (soshakukin) (alt: そしゃくきん) (Japanese), mușchi masticator [masculine] (Romanian)

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