Mas`ti*ca"tion (?), n. [L. masticatio: cf. F. mastication.]
The act or operation of masticating; chewing, as of food.
Mastication is a necessary preparation of solid aliment, without which there can be no good digestion. Arbuthnot.
© Webster 1913.
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