n.
A thick muscle in the cheek that closes the jaws during chewing.
[New Latin massētēr, from Greek masētēr, massētēr, from masāsthai, to chew.]
masseteric mas'se·ter'ic (măs'ĭ-tĕr'ĭk) adj.
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