Crossword clues for masseter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Masseter \Mas"se*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a chewer, ? a muscle of the lower jaw used in chewing, from ? to chew: cf. F. mass['e]ter.] (Anat.) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.
Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.
WordNet
n. a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing
Usage examples of "masseter".
Through-and-through laceration from both mouth corners across masseter muscles, extending through temporal mandibula joints upward to both earlobes.
The nucleated cells found connected with the cancellated structure of the bones, which I first pointed out and had figured in 1847, and have shown yearly from that time to the present, and the fossa masseterica, a shallow concavity on the ramus of the lower jaw, for the lodgment of the masseter muscle, which acquires significance when examined by the side of the deep cavity on the corresponding part in some carnivora to which it answers, may perhaps be claimed as deserving attention.