Found 2 items, similar to DEPRESSOR.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: depressor
depressor
n 1: any skeletal muscle that draws a part down [syn:
depressor muscle
]
2: any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or
tone of the body part it serves [syn:
depressor nerve]
3: a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Depressor
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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