Digastric

[dai'gæstrik]

Definition

(a.) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw.

(a.) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.

Edited by Edward

Definition

adj. double-bellied or fleshy at each end as is one of the muscles of the lower jaw.

Typed by Hester