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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 mastication
 咀嚼

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 mas·ti·ca·tion /ˌmæstəˈkeʃən/ 名詞
 咀嚼,塑煉,撕捏,捏和,捏煉

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mas·ti·ca·tion n.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 mastication
      n : biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft
          enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, manduction]