Usually means: Related to the chewing process.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word masticatory:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. masticatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. masticatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. masticatory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. masticatory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. masticatory: Wordnik
  6. masticatory: Wiktionary
  7. masticatory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. masticatory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. masticatory: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. masticatory: Dictionary.com
  11. Masticatory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. masticatory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Masticatory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. masticatory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. masticatory: FreeDictionary.org
  16. masticatory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. masticatory: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. masticatory: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. masticatory: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (masticatory)

noun:  (chiefly medicine) Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase the flow of saliva.
adjective:  Of, or relating to mastication.
adjective:  Used for chewing.

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