Meaning of DEPRESSOR
| Pronunciation: | | di'presur
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | depressor muscle, depressor nerve |
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| | See Also: | | device, nerve, nervus, skeletal muscle, tongue depressor | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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