digastric muscle
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Noun edit
digastric muscle (plural digastric muscles)
- (anatomy) Either of a pair of muscles having two fleshy ends connected by a tendon that depress the lower jaw and raise the hyoid bone during swallowing.
Translations edit
muscle
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References edit
- “digastric muscle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.