masseter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: masseter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for masseter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
masseter n a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is used in chewing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Masseter \Mas"se*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a chewer, [?] a muscle of the lower jaw used in chewing, from [?] to chew: cf. F. mass[82]ter.] (Anat.) The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.