Search Result for "depressor_nerve":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves;
[syn: depressor, depressor nerve]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Depressor \De*press"or\, n. 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. [1913 Webster] Depressor nerve (Physiol.), a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

depressor nerve n 1: any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves [syn: depressor, depressor nerve]