masticating

v.

咀嚼( masticate的现在分词 )；粉碎，磨烂；

1. Americans now masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.
   美国人现在每天要吃掉八千六百万磅的肉。
2. The mouth is so dry that it is difficulty for the patient to masticate and swallow food.
   口内大干，以致病人咀嚼和吞下食物，都有困难。

Masticating during dynamic vulcanization
Masticating and swallowing: biological and clinical correlates
Masticating and heating of mixtures comprising wet rubber crumb, carbon black and softener
Feeding and masticatory structures of selected Anomura (Crustacea)
Selection of food and chewing side for evaluating masticatory path stability
Mastication in the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus (reptilia: Rhynchocephalia): Structure and activity of the motor system
Quantitative assay of electromyograms during mastication in domestic cats (Felis catus)
Incidence of weight loss in head and neck cancer patients on commencing radiotherapy treatment at a regional oncology centre.
Nutritional Ecology of Dimorphic Herbivores: Digestion and Passage Rates in Nubian Ibex
Patients' satisfaction following implant therapy. A 10-year prospective cohort study