masseter

A noun referring to a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is involved in the action of chewing.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un músculo grande de la mandíbula que eleva la mandíbula inferior y participa en la masticación.

1. Chewing muscle C2 formal medical

   A thick, rectangular muscle in the cheek that is one of the primary muscles of mastication, responsible for elevating the mandible (lower jaw) to close the mouth and for powerful biting and chewing.

   • The masseter is one of the strongest muscles in the human body relative to its size.
   • Clenching your teeth can cause the masseter muscle to become hypertrophied.
   • The dentist asked the patient to relax his masseter muscle during the examination.

   🇪🇸Músculo masetero

• masseters plural form
• masseters' possessive plural form
• masseter's possessive singular form