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<anatomy> Having two bellies; biventral; applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and especially. To the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw.

Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.

Origin: Gr. = twice + belly: cf. F. Digastrique.

(01 Mar 1998)

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