English dictionary

depressor

/d/I/'pr/E/s/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down

noun.body

Synonyms depressor muscle

Source: WordNet 3.0
any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves

noun.body

Synonyms depressor nerve

Source: WordNet 3.0
a device used by physician to press a part down or aside

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.

noun

Source: webster1913