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Definition of Depressor

1. Noun. Any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down.

2. Noun. Any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves.

3. Noun. A device used by physician to press a part down or aside.

Definition of Depressor

1. n. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.

Definition of Depressor

1. Noun. Anything that depresses ¹

2. Noun. An instrument used to push something out of the way during an examination ¹

3. Noun. Any of several muscles that pull down ¹

4. Noun. Anything that lowers blood pressure ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Depressor

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Depressor

1. 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor. 2. A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. Depressor nerve, a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Depressor

depressionlike depressions depressive depressive disorder depressive neurosis depressive psychosis depressive reaction depressive stupor depressive syndrome depressively

depressiveness depressives depressogenic depressomotor depressomotors depressor (current term) depressor anguli oris depressor fibres depressor labii inferioris depressor muscle

depressor muscle of epiglottis depressor muscle of eyebrow depressor muscle of lower lip depressor muscle of septum depressor nerve depressor nerve of Ludwig depressor reflex depressor septi depressor septi muscle depressor supercilii

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