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Webster 1913 Edition

Cremaster

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Cre-mas′ter

(kr?-m?s′t?r)

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Noun.

[NL., from Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], fr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to hang.]

1.

(Anat.)

A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.

2.

(Zool.)

The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.