biventern.
/bʌɪˈvɛntə/ Physiology.
A muscle, distinguished by its two bellies or bulges; esp. the digastric muscle.
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sphincter1578
raiser1588
in-muscle?1609
oblique1612
abducens1615
abductor1615
adductor1615
antagonist1615
bender1615
depressor1615
extender1615
flexor1615
levator1615
quadratus1615
rectus1615
retractor1615
sphincter-muscle1615
accelerator1638
bicepsa1641
elevator1646
adducent1649
lifter1649
rotator1657
flector1666
contractor1682
dilater1683
orbicularis palpebrarum1694
transverse muscle1696
tensor muscle1704
biventer1706
extensor1713
attollent1728
constrictor1741
dilator1741
risibles1785
orbicularis oculi1797
obliquus1799
erector1828
extensor-muscle1830
compressor1836
trans-muscle1836
antagonizer1844
motor1846
evertor1848
inflector1851
protractor1853
prime mover1860
orbicular1872
transversalis1872
invertor1875
skeletal muscle1877
dilatator1878
occlusor muscle1878
sphincter1879
pilomotor1892
agonist1896
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1740 B. Martin Bibliotheca Technologica (ed. 2) xi. 371 Muscles..as the Biventer, which hath two Bellies.
1843 J. J. G. Wilkinson tr. E. Swedenborg Animal Kingdom I. ii. 62 The biventer, or digastricus..arises from the incisure under the mastoid process.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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