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What does mastication mean?

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Noun
  1. (physiology) The process of chewing.
  2. The process of crushing as though chewed.
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The chief inconvenience is the difficulty in alimentation consequent on the pain in mastication and in swallowing.
These pellets are eaten with enjoyment, and with a particularly high level of mastication.
Every exposed power cord in our apartment bears telltale toothmarks from her enthusiastic fits of mastication.
All the teeth are gradually worn down during mastication and this process is accelerated if the diet includes much grit or woody material.
It is a stately dance, whose aim is to slow down the unseemly business of mastication.
And saying this, Baraja proceeded to the mastication of the tassajo and tortillas.

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