Noun
- 1. depressor, depressor muscle, skeletal muscle, striated muscle
- usage: any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
- 2. depressor, depressor nerve, nerve, nervus
- usage: any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves
- 3. depressor, device
- usage: a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
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