depressor

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Anything that depresses
Any of several muscles that pull down
Anything that lowers blood pressure
An instrument used to push something out of the way during an examination
{n} a muscle which draws downwards
a device used by physician to press a part down or aside any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves any skeletal muscle that draws a part down
{i} someone or something that depresses or lowers; instrument for pressing something down (i.e. tongue depressor); muscle that draws down a part
any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves
A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part
a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
any skeletal muscle that draws a part down
One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor
depressor supercilii
An eye muscle, usually considered to be part of the orbicularis oculi
depressor nerve
A nerve that when stimulated acts to lower arterial blood pressure
tongue depressor
Any device used to depress the tongue
tongue depressor
A long, narrow, smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity
tongue depressor
A tool used in medical practice to depress the tongue to allow for examination of the mouth and throat
depressors
plural of depressor
tongue depressor
a thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throat
tongue depressor
A thin blade for pressing down the tongue during a medical examination of the mouth and throat; a spatula. a small flat piece of wood that a doctor uses to hold down your tongue while examining your throat British Equivalent: spatula
depressor

    Silbentrennung

    de·pres·sor

    Aussprache

    Etymologie

    [ di-'pre-s&r, dE- ] (noun.) 1611. Late Latin, from Latin deprimere.
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