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mastication


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mastication  \Mas`ti*ca"tion\,  n.  [L.  masticatio:  cf  F. 
  mastication.] 
  The  act  or  operation  of  masticating;  chewing,  as  of  food. 
 
  Mastication  is  a  necessary  preparation  of  solid 
  aliment,  without  which  there  can  be  no  good  digestion. 
  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mastication 
  n  :  biting  and  grinding  food  in  your  mouth  so  it  becomes  soft 
  enough  to  swallow  [syn:  {chew},  {chewing}] 




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