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.

• 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.
• “masseter”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “masseter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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

• masētēr

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /masˈseː.teːr/, [mäs̠ˈs̠eːt̪eːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /masˈse.ter/, [mäsˈsɛːt̪er]

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

1. (anatomy) chewer; masseter.

Third-declension noun.

• → English: masseter