[syn: depressor, depressor nerve]
3. a device used by physician to press a part down or aside;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Depressor \De*press"or\, n.
1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.
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2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a
part.
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Depressor nerve (Physiol.), a nerve which lowers the
activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the
heart.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
depressor
n 1: any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down [syn:
depressor, depressor muscle]
2: any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone
of the body part it serves [syn: depressor, depressor
nerve]
3: a device used by physician to press a part down or aside