mastication
noun
the act or process of chewing.
remastication
-
a word derived from
mastication.
Example Sentences
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In a recent discussion before the American Neurological Association Hammond defined merycism as the functions of remastication and rumination in the human subject.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
