masseter

Borrowed from New Latin massētēr. Compare French masséter.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /maˈsiː.tə/

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈsi.tɚ/, /mæˈsi.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)

masseter (plural masseters)

1. (anatomy) The large muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side, raises the lower jaw, and assists in mastication.

   Synonym: masseter muscle

• masseteral (adjective)
• masseteric (adjective)

• “masseter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “masseter”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “masseter”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “masseter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Maestres, Seamster, measters, seamster, smearest, steamers, streames

• masētēr

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μᾰσητήρ (măsētḗr, “chewer”), from μᾰσᾰ́ομαι (măsắomai, “chew”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, “-er, -or”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [masˈseː.teːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [masˈsɛː.t̪er]

massētēr m (genitive massētēris); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) chewer; masseter.

Third-declension noun.

• → English: masseter