masseter

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

• 🇨🇳指咬肌，是下颌部位的一块厚实的咀嚼肌，起自颧弓，止于下颌支和下颌角，主要功能是上提下颌骨、参与咀嚼动作。

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.

   🇨🇳咬肌

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