About The Word Depressor
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Depressor
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What's The Definition Of Depressor?
[n] a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
[n] any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves [n] any skeletal muscle that draws a part down Synonyms | Synonyms for Depressor: depressor muscle | depressor nerve Related Terms | Find terms related to Depressor: See Also | device | nerve | nervus | skeletal muscle | tongue depressor Depressor In Webster's Dictionary \De*press"or\, n.
1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.
2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a
part.
{Depressor nerve} (Physiol.), a nerve which lowers the
activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the
heart.
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