depressor

About 0.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One that depresses: Any of several muscles whose contraction pulls down a part of the body.

   tongue depressor

2. noun Any of several muscles whose contraction pulls down a part of the body.
3. noun 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.
4. noun An instrument used to push something out of the way during an examination.

   tongue depressor

Similar words

depressor muscle depressive depressed depressing despondent derepressor depression dejecter discouragement depletant

Often followed by

anguli labii nerve muscles of and effect response muscle

Word family

depressors