Depressor

//dɪˈpɹɛ.sə//

Synonyms for "depressor" (51 found)

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Closest matches (11)

alcohol analgesic anodyne barb barbiturate blue blue devil blue velvet calmative codeine demerol

Strong matches (15)

depressant dolly downer goofball hard stuff heroin hop horse hypnotic junk knockout drops laudanum liquor

Noun(2 words)

depressor muscle depressor nerve

Related words (25)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

device nerve nervus skeletal muscle striated muscle

Related terms

5 entries

depressor anguli oris depressor labii inferioris depressor septi depressor septi nasi depressor supercilii

derived

1 entries

tongue depressor

derived from

1 entries

depress

is a

3 entries

device nerve skeletal muscle

related to

4 entries

blood pressure depress muscle push

Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

French

1 entries

abaisseur noun (one that depresses)

Italian

1 entries

depressore noun (one that depresses)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The doctor used a tongue depressor to examine the patient's throat.

Source: tatoeba (6907602)

The dentist uses a tongue depressor.

Source: tatoeba (11823190)

tongue depressor

Source: wiktionary

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