Thesaurus: depressor

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1. n. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.
2. n. A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part.
3. n. any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
4. n. any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves
5. n. a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
6. 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.
7. A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. Depressornerve (Physiol.), a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as,the depressor nerve of the heart.
8. n:100 n. any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down n. any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves n. a device used by physician to press a part down or aside