mastication
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mas·ti·cate
(măs′tĭ-kāt′)v. mas·ti·cat·ed, mas·ti·cat·ing, mas·ti·cates
v.tr.
1. To chew (food).
2. To grind and knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.
v.intr.
To chew food.
[Late Latin masticāre, masticāt-, to masticate, from Greek mastikhān, to grind the teeth.]
mas′ti·ca′tion n.
mas′ti·ca′tor n.
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mas·ti·ca·tion
(măs′tĭ-kā′shən) The chewing or grinding of food by the teeth.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics chomping - the act of chewing noisily rumination - (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination" |
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mas·ti·ca·tion
n. masticación.
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