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DEPRESSOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device used by physician to press a part down or aside

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("depressor" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "depressor"):

tongue depressor (a thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throat)

Derivation:

depress (press down)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves

Synonyms:

depressor; depressor nerve

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("depressor" is a kind of...):

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down

Synonyms:

depressor; depressor muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("depressor" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Derivation:

depress (cause to drop or sink)

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