Associations to the word «Mastication»
Noun
- Chewing
- Saliva
- Digestion
- Muscle
- Starch
- Ingestion
- Grinding
- Spasm
- Jaw
- Respiration
- Eating
- Tooth
- Tensor
- Lund
- Dysfunction
- Stomach
- Joint
- Food
- Gum
- Tongue
- Neuron
- Mouth
- Nerve
- Cheek
- Function
- Crest
- Fragment
- Taste
- Tissue
- Pain
- Process
- Symptom
- Feeding
- Quantity
- Bone
- Syndrome
- Input
- Closing
- Strain
- Meal
- Difficulty
- Regard
- Feed
- Action
- Fig
- Preparation
- Phase
- Movement
- Meat
- Pattern
- Animal
- Motion
- Behavior
- Importance
- Cause
- Act
- Model
- Increase
- Force
- Move
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
MASTICATION, noun. (physiology) The process of chewing.
MASTICATION, noun. The process of crushing as though chewed.
Dictionary definition
MASTICATION, noun. Biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.