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Depressor

Depressor Meaning & Definition
Depressor Definition And Meaning

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

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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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