MASTICATION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 30

n. Ma2st-i2k-a's hu3n. Gr., /ia<nj<7i. Lat., masticatio (from mastic are, to chew). Fr., m. Ger., Mast i kation, Kauen. The act of grinding solid food by means of the teeth so as to prepare it for swallowing, [a, 41.] [s. 718]