1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Digastric \Di*gas"tric\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? belly: cf. F. digastrique.] (Anat.) (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. (b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves. [1913 Webster]
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