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masticatory, a. and n.|ˈmæstɪkətərɪ|
[ad. mod.L. masticātōrius, -ōrium, f. masticāre to masticate: see -ory1 and -ory2. Cf. F. masticatoire adj. and n.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or concerned with mastication. masticatory foot (Ent.) = foot-jaw: see foot n. 35.
1611Cotgr., Masticatoire, masticatorie, chewing, champing. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. xv. (1737) 60 The molar, masticatory and canine Teeth. 1769Bancroft Guiana 262 The masticatory and digestive organs of carnivorous and granivorous animals. 1852Dana Crust. ii. 1035 This pair of legs is often called a pair of maxilla-feet, jaw-feet, or masticatory feet. 1862Jrnl. Soc. Arts X. 324/2 The Para rubber..if not injured by masticatory processes in the manufacture,..will [etc.]. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 680 Paralysis of the masticatory muscles.
b. Of diseases or symptoms: Affecting the organs of mastication.
1853tr. Romberg's Man. Nervous Dis. (Syd. Soc.) II. 289 This serves to distinguish masticatory from histrionic paralysis. 1878tr. H. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 358 The so-called masticatory facial spasm.
B. n. A medicinal substance to be chewed.
1611Cotgr., Masticatoire, a Masticatorie; a medecine for the rhewme chawed, or held betweene the teeth. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iv. ii. iii, Or Apophlegmatismes, masticatories to be held and chewed in the mouth. a1626Bacon Med. Rem. Wks. 1827 VII. 235 To remember masticatories for the mouth. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. ix. §5 (1734) 212 Some gentle Masticatory (such as Mastick, Pellitory, Tobacco, or the like). 1880Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 291 It is used as a masticatory in paralysis of parts about the mouth. |