masseter

See also: masséter

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μασητήρ (masētḗr, “a chewer, a muscle of the lower jaw used in chewing”), from μασᾶσθαι (masâsthai, “to chew”). Compare French masséter.

Noun

masseter (plural masseters)

1. (anatomy) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.

Derived terms

• masseteral
• masseteric

Translations

the large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication

• Czech: žvýkací sval m
• Finnish: puremalihas
• French: masséter (fr) m
• German: Masseter m
• Hungarian: rágóizom (hu)
• Italian: massetere (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 咬筋 (こうきん, kōkin)
• Polish: mięsień żwacz m
• Slovene: žvekalka f
• Spanish: masetero m
• Tagalog: pangnguya

Further reading

• “masseter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “masseter”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “masseter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Maestres, Seamster, measters, seamster, smearest, steamers, streames