depressor
a person or thing that depresses.
Surgery. an instrument for pressing down a protruding part, as a tongue depressor.
Anatomy.
a muscle that draws down a part of the body, as the corner of the mouth.: Compare levator.
Also called depressor nerve . a nerve that, when stimulated, induces a decrease in activity, as a slowed heartbeat.
Origin of depressor
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How to use depressor in a sentence
The medics put a splint of two tongue depressors on it and I still have one knuckle that doesn't bond.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy BensonThey act as extensors, retractors, flexors, elevators and depressors.
The Flea | Harold RussellLevator muscles that raise an organ, and Depressors that depress it.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) | William KirbyNot in use clinically.Pressure Depressors Nitroglycerine and amyl nitrite, action transitory but rapid.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: | Louis Marshall WarfieldBoth of these drugs are well known to be marked circulatory depressors.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: | Louis Marshall Warfield
British Dictionary definitions for depressor
/ (dɪˈprɛsə) /
a person or thing that depresses
any muscle that draws down a part
med an instrument used to press down or aside an organ or part: a tongue depressor
Also called: depressor nerve any nerve that when stimulated produces a fall in blood pressure by dilating the arteries or lowering the heartbeat
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