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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down;
[syn: depressor, depressor muscle]

2. any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves;
[syn: depressor, depressor nerve]

3. a device used by physician to press a part down or aside;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Depressor \De*press"or\, n. 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. [1913 Webster] Depressor nerve (Physiol.), a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

depressor n 1: any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down [syn: depressor, depressor muscle] 2: any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves [syn: depressor, depressor nerve] 3: a device used by physician to press a part down or aside