digastric Meaning, Definition & Usage
Di*gas"tric adjective
Etymology
Gr. = twice + belly: cf. F.Definitions
(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
