depressor

English - Turkish

Definition of depressor in English Turkish dictionary

(Tıp) Aşağı çeken (kas)

(Anatomi) aşağı çeken kas

sıkan

sıkıştıran

can sıkan

sıkan şey veya kimse

indiren şey

aşağı çeken tongue depressor dili aşağıda tutan pens

(Anatomi) aşağı çekici, bastırıcı

Related Terms

tongue depressor

(Geometri) Dil baskısı

pour point depressor

akma noktası düşürücü

tongue depressor

(Tıp) abeyslang

tongue depressor

dil pensi

curved tongue depressor

(Diş Hekimliği) kıvrık dil basacağı

tongue depressor

tıb. dil basacağı, abeyslang

English - English

Definition of depressor in English English dictionary

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

Related Terms

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

Hyphenation

de·pres·sor

Etymology

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