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digastric

di·gas·tric [ dī gástrik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
describing two-part muscle: describes a muscle, especially the muscle on either side of the lower jaw, in which two fleshy parts are connected by a tendon

[Early 18th century. < modern Latin digastricus< gastricus (see gastric); from an analogy between "fleshy parts" and "stomachs"]
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