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fire-fang (iou) and musculus digastricus (medicine)


fire-fang (iou)



fire-fang verb & noun. obsolete exc. dial. & US. E16.
[from FIRE noun + FANG verb1.]
A. verb trans. Scorch; damage (esp. barley, oats) by overheating; burn. Chiefly as fire-fanged ppl adjective. E16.
b. noun. The state of being fire-fanged; damage from overheating. M18.

musculus digastricus (medicine)


musculus digastricus -->
digastric muscle
<anatomy> One of the suprahyoid group of muscles consisting of two bellies united by a central tendon which is connected to the body of the hyoid bone; origin, by posterior belly from the digastric groove medial to the mastoid process; insertion, by anterior belly into lower border of mandible near midline; action, elevates the hyoid when mandible is fixed; depresses the mandible when hyoid is fixed; nerve supply, posterior belly from facial, anterior belly by nerve to the mylohyoid from the mandibular division of trigeminal, a muscle with two fleshy bellies separated by a fibrous insertion.

Synonym: musculus digastricus, biventer mandibulae, musculus biventer mandibulae, two-bellied muscle.