DEPRESSOR Definition & Meaning

depressor

[ dih-pres-er ]

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noun

a person or thing that depresses.
Surgery. an instrument for pressing down a protruding part, as a tongue depressor.
Anatomy.
1. a muscle that draws down a part of the body, as the corner of the mouth. Compare levator.
2. Also called depressor nerve. a nerve that, when stimulated, induces a decrease in activity, as a slowed heartbeat.

depressor

/ ��ɪˈ��ɛ��ə /

noun

a person or thing that depresses
any muscle that draws down a part
med an instrument used to press down or aside an organ or part
a tongue depressor
Also calleddepressor nerve any nerve that when stimulated produces a fall in blood pressure by dilating the arteries or lowering the heartbeat

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of depressor¹

1605–15; < Late Latin, derivative of Latin ��ŧ�� ( depress, -tor )

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"Some were friendly, others lacked bedside manners, one even came and inspected me with a wooden tongue depressor," Rhiannon explained.

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Probably wise that it is set in the titular emergency response vehicle, ensuring easy access during shooting to defibrilllators and tongue depressors.

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Established in 1919, Puritan began as a producer of mint toothpicks, eventually branching out to frozen pop sticks, wooden ice cream spoons, tongue depressors and, eventually, swabs.

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As Asma helped arrange paper flowers in a basket on the dining room table, Aqsa — who wore a plastic stethoscope around her neck — used a tongue depressor to check inside Gulsom’s mouth.

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“Use a tongue depressor and pack the honey into the wound,” Peterson says.

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