"Mastication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The act and process of chewing and grinding food in the mouth.
| Descriptor ID |
D008409
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.203.650.283.500 G10.261.330.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mastication" by people in Profiles.
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The Seeds of Ignorance - Consequences of a Booming Betel-Nut Economy. N Engl J Med. 2022 09 22; 387(12):1059-1061.
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Prechewing infant food, consumption of sweets and dairy and not breastfeeding are associated with increased diarrhoea risk of 10-month-old infants in the United States. Matern Child Nutr. 2016 07; 12(3):614-24.
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A comparison of feeding to cephalic stimulation on postprandial sleepiness. Physiol Behav. 1998 Apr; 64(1):93-6.