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Mastication Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Mastication has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

2

The process of chewing.

See Also
masticatory crush masseter chewing masticate temporal muscle chew demastication
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change of state
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
chomping mumbling rumination
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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