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depressomotor

depressomotor adjective: depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement.

Adjective

depressomotor (not comparable)

  1. Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement.
    • Depressomotor nerves lower or inhibit muscular activity.

Noun

depressomotor (plural depressomotors)

  1. Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centres.
    • Bromides are depressomotors.

Forms of depressomotor

pluraldepressomotors

Origin of depressomotor

From depress + -o- + motor.

Questions about depressomotor

What does depressomotor mean?
Depressomotor means depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement.
What part of speech is depressomotor?
Depressomotor can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near depressomotor in the dictionary

  1. depressogenesis
  2. depressogenic
  3. depressogenics
  4. depressoid
  5. depressoids
  6. depressomotor
  7. depressomotors
  8. depressor
  9. depressor septi
  10. depressor septi nasi
  11. depressor supercilii

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