depressor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One that depresses:
Any of several muscles whose contraction pulls down a part of the body.
A nerve or nerve fiber that decreases the activity or the tone of the organ or the part it innervates, such as lowering the blood pressure.
An instrument used to push something out of the way during an examination.

/dɪˈpɹɛ.sə/ /dɪˈpɹɛ.sə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-depressor.wav

depressor depressors depressores

From depress + -or.

levator

depressor anguli oris depressor labii inferioris depressor septi depressor septi nasi depressor supercilii

tongue depressor

French: abaisseur Italian: depressore

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