Depressor
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
Wordset Dictionary
any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- depressor muscledepressor nerve
- plural
- Depressors
- possessive
- Depressor's
- pluralpossessive
- Depressors'