Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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depressor | Yes | No | No | No |
tongue depressor | Yes | No | No | No |
depressor (noun) | tongue depressor (noun) |
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a device used by physician to press a part down or aside | a thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throat |
any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down | |
any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves |