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depressores

US/ˌdi.pɹɛˈsɔɹˌiz/

depressores is the plural of depressor.

Meaning of depressor

Noun

depressor (plural depressors or (sense 1.1) depressores)

  1. Any of several muscles whose contraction pulls down a part of the body.
    Antonyms:
    levator
  2. A nerve or nerve fiber that decreases the activity or the tone of the organ or the part it innervates, such as lowering the blood pressure.
  3. An instrument used to push something out of the way during an examination.
    • tongue depressor

Questions about depressores

What is depressores the plural of?
Depressores is the plural of depressor.
How do you pronounce depressores?
Depressores is pronounced /ˌdi.pɹɛˈsɔɹˌiz/ (US).

Words near depressores in the dictionary

  1. depressomotors
  2. depressor
  3. depressor septi
  4. depressor septi nasi
  5. depressor supercilii
  6. depressores
  7. depressors
  8. depressos
  9. depressotypic
  10. depressure
  11. depressured

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Adapted from Wiktionary: depressores (page history and authors); depressor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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