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Depressor

//dɪˈpɹɛ.sə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One that depresses:; Any of several muscles whose contraction pulls down a part of the body.
  2. 2
    a device used by physician to press a part down or aside wordnet
  3. 3
    One that depresses:; A nerve or nerve fiber that decreases the activity or the tone of the organ or the part it innervates, such as lowering the blood pressure.
  4. 4
    any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves wordnet
  5. 5
    One that depresses:; An instrument used to push something out of the way during an examination.

    "tongue depressor"

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  1. 6
    any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down wordnet

Etymology

From depress + -or.

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