masticatory, a. and n.
(ˈmæstɪkətərɪ)
[ad. mod.L. masticātōrius, -ōrium, f. masticāre to masticate: see -ory1 and -ory2. Cf. F. masticatoire adj. and n.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or concerned with mastication. masticatory foot (Ent.) = foot-jaw: see foot n. 35.
| 1611 Cotgr., Masticatoire, masticatorie, chewing, champing. 1694 Motteux Rabelais iv. xv. (1737) 60 The molar, masticatory and canine Teeth. 1769 Bancroft Guiana 262 The masticatory and digestive organs of carnivorous and granivorous animals. 1852 Dana Crust. ii. 1035 This pair of legs is often called a pair of maxilla-feet, jaw-feet, or masticatory feet. 1862 Jrnl. Soc. Arts X. 324/2 The Para rubber..if not injured by masticatory processes in the manufacture,..will [etc.]. 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 680 Paralysis of the masticatory muscles. |
b. Of diseases or symptoms: Affecting the organs of mastication.
| 1853 tr. Romberg's Man. Nervous Dis. (Syd. Soc.) II. 289 This serves to distinguish masticatory from histrionic paralysis. 1878 tr. H. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 358 The so-called masticatory facial spasm. |
B. n. A medicinal substance to be chewed.
| 1611 Cotgr., Masticatoire, a Masticatorie; a medecine for the rhewme chawed, or held betweene the teeth. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iv. ii. iii, Or Apophlegmatismes, masticatories to be held and chewed in the mouth. a 1626 Bacon Med. Rem. Wks. 1827 VII. 235 To remember masticatories for the mouth. 1733 Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. ix. §5 (1734) 212 Some gentle Masticatory (such as Mastick, Pellitory, Tobacco, or the like). 1880 Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 291 It is used as a masticatory in paralysis of parts about the mouth. |