(v. t.) To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.
(v. t.) To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.
(v. i.) To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.
(n.) That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was a linear increase in the dimensions of these zones after the chewing.
(2) In a second set of test sessions, volunteers chewed sugarless gum for 10 minutes, starting 15 minutes after they ate the snack food.
(3) The model has been used to evaluate mineral changes from the use of fluoride dentifrices and rinses, chewing gum, and food sequencing.
(4) The prevalence of kola nut chewing and the effects attributed to it are briefly reviewed.
(5) A case is presented of deliberate chewing of the flowers of henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) in the hope of producing euphoria, and an account is given of the poisoning so produced.
(6) The wide variation in potency explains the variation found in absolute bioavailability, and the increase in release rate when the pellets are crushed explains the differences seen in peak plasma times, since the pellets will be chewed to varying degrees by the horse.
(7) American Horror Story is a paean to the supernatural whose greatest purpose is letting washed-up actors and pop stars chew the scenery on the way to winning awards .
(8) Pictures of the Social Network star emerged on Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday, showing Garfield in full costume for Punchdrunk's current show, The Drowned Man , chewing seductively on a stick of straw .
(9) Chew on this during the change: TBS notes that the Pirates are 69-17 when they score four or more runs....gulp.
(10) Relationships between chewing activities and rates of particle breakdown, passage, and digestion were also determined.
(11) During each test period one group chewed a combination of one piece sorbitol and one piece sucrose flavored gum five times per day, the second group correspondingly chewed xylitol and sucrose flavored gum, while the third group served as a no hygiene control group.
(12) Epidemiologists need to conduct studies to determine if there is an increased likelihood of developing cancer in betel chewing pregnant women and OC users due to increased sensitivity of their lymphocytes to genetic damage compared with nonchewing pregnant women and OC users.
(13) So that you know he's evil, he is dressed like a giant, bedraggled grey duckling, in a fur coat made up of bits of chewed-up wolf.
(14) The relationship of nutritional status, self-perceived chewing ability, dental status, and social isolation was examined.
(15) A cooperative multicenter study was performed to evaluate two salivary secretion methods-the chewing gum test and the Saxon test by a crossover method.
(16) The buccal mucosa was the most common site of occurrence; 98.3% of these individuals had oral habits, with smoking alone or smoking in combination with "pan" or "supari" chewing accounting for 74.9% of the habit forms.
(17) We have compared the ability of drugs to induce chewing and retching or emesis in squirrel monkeys; such studies are not possible in rodents, which do not vomit.
(18) The ability to perceive thickness differences between the incisors was more accurate after 1 hour's chewing than normally.
(19) The results show a significant difference between the cranial values of the two chewing experiences.
(20) When increasing the length of the chewing object, secretion of fluid (P less than 0.013), but not enzymes, further increased.
Chewer
Definition:
(n.) One who chews.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results suggest that formation of reactive oxygen species in the presence of NNN may be a key factor in the initiation of oral tumours in tobacco and betel-quid chewers.
(2) It was found that among the betel chewers as well as the non betels chewers., the highest caries susceptibility was in the age group of 20-34 years.
(3) Maximum oral lesions induced in the hamsters by continuous exposure to capsules and natural material, highlight the direct relationship of frequency of chewing in habitual chewers with oral carcinogenesis.
(4) The frequency of micronucleated cells (MNC) derived from exfoliated human oral mucosal cells has been measured to assess genotoxic damage in chewers of betel quid with tobacco (BQT) and tobacco with lime (T).
(5) In view of the large number of medical problems reported in khat chewers, the present study was undertaken to investigate the chronic toxicity of khat in mice.
(6) The elevation of MEC in Taiwanese, who are at low risk for oral cancer, is relatively small as compared to that found in chewers of Indian betel quids (pan), who show a highly elevated oral cancer risk.
(7) Levels of pesticides found in these samples are too low to be considered a medical risk to coca chewers.
(8) Studies in Yemen showed that the incidence of heart at tacks among chewers was 49% higher than in non-chewers.
(9) It has been established that in patterns of electrical and mechanic activity of the chewer muscle proper and esophagus specific differences of alimentary and drinking behaviour of animals are reflected.
(10) A significant increase was observed in the levels of TSA, LSA, mucoid proteins, and PBH in OC patients compared with controls, normal tobacco chewers, and patients with oral PC.
(11) Smokeless tobacco chewers (N = 16) and cigarette smokers (N = 11) were examined during a 6-day period, during which time a number of measures were administered.
(12) The results of this study demonstrate that MNPN is present in the saliva of betel quid chewers and is a potent carcinogen in F344 rats.
(13) The levels were compared with that in normal controls and chronic chewers of betel quid with no signs of any disease.
(14) Subjects suffering from SF had practised the habit in whatever form for a significantly shorter period than chewers without SF and belonged to a significantly younger age group.
(15) Exfoliated mucosal cells were collected from the oral cavity of three groups at high risk for oral cancer: Indian betel nut chewers, Filipino inverted smokers (burning end of cigar in mouth) and Indian Khaini tobacco chewers.
(16) White males were more frequent "chewers," while blacks and Mexican-Americans were more frequent smokers.
(17) These results indicate that HC may have a role to play in reducing the risk of oral cancer in betel quid with tobacco chewers.
(18) The khat-chewing mother was older, of greater parity and had more surviving children than the non-chewers.
(19) Ten biopsies were from non-tobacco betel-nut chewers.
(20) Subjects were chewers of tobacco-containing betel quids with well established oral leukoplakias.