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Showing words for DEPRESSOR using the English dictionary
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Definitions for Depressor
[1] a person or thing that depresses.
[2] Surgery . an instrument for pressing down a protruding part, as a tongue depressor.
[3] 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.
[4] a person or thing that depresses
[5] any muscle that draws down a part
[6] med an instrument used to press down or aside an organ or part a tongue depressor
[7] Also called: depressor nerve any nerve that when stimulated produces a fall in blood pressure by dilating the arteries or lowering the heartbeat
Words nearby Depressor
depression, depression glass, depression, great, depressive, depressomotor, depressor, depressor fiber, depressor muscle of angle of mouth, depressor muscle of eyebrow, depressor muscle of lower lip, depressor muscle of septum
Origin of Depressor
1605–15; < Late Latin, derivative of Latin dēprimere (see depress, -tor)