depressor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: depressor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for depressor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depressor n any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down [syn: depressor, depressor muscle] any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves Synonym(s): depressor, depressor nerve a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depressor \Depress"or\, n. 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor. 2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. {Depressor* nerve} (Physiol.), a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart.