digastric

Borrowing from New Latin digastricus, from di- (“twice, doubly”) +‎ gastricus (“gastric”); equivalent to di- +‎ gastric. Doublet of digastricus.

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈɡæ.stɹɪk/
• Rhymes: -æstɹɪk

digastric (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having two bellies.

   Synonym: biventral

2. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or being a digastric muscle.

   the digastric muscle of the lower jaw

• digastric muscle
• jugulodigastric
• subdigastric

digastric (plural digastrics)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of digastric muscle.

   Synonym: digastricus

• “digastric”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “digastric”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Borrowed from French digastrique.

digastric m (plural digastrici)

1. digastric