digastric
Pronunciation: dī-gas′trik
Definition:
- Having two bellies; denoting especially a muscle with two fleshy parts separated by an intervening tendinous part.
- Relating to the digastric muscle; denoting a fossa or groove with which it is in relation and a nerve supplying its posterior belly.
See: digastric (muscle)
Synonym(s): biventral
[G. di-, two, + gastēr, belly]
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