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depressors

depressors 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

Phrases with depressors

Questions about depressors

What is depressors the plural of?
Depressors is the plural of depressor.

Words near depressors in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: depressors (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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