Mastication

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) I like it! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:04:38

Mas`ti*ca"tion (?), n. [L. masticatio: cf. F. mastication.]

The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.

Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion. Arbuthnot.

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Dental surgery, or, how I learned to appreciate anesthesia	Remastication	maraschino cherry	Life in the conditional tense
Explicate your lyrics	Morsitation	Manducation	twizzlers
Ramen	Give Peace a Chance	Ma'am, we thought you should know: Your son is a homo sapien	Home designs and styles
texture	Notelet Nodelet Squawkbox Client	Intelligence Quotient	DPT
EIPT	masticate	Micturition	Alone

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