depressor : Idioms & Phrases
depressor muscle
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noun any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
depressor.
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Depressor nerve
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noun any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves
depressor.
WordNet
(Physiol.) , a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart.
Webster 1913
tongue depressor
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noun a thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throat