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Depressor   Listen
noun
Depressor  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.





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... constructor contaminator contemplator continuator contractor contributor corrector councillor counsellor covenantor (law) creator creditor cultivator cunctator debtor decorator delator (law) denominator denunciator depredator depressor deteriorator detractor dictator dilator director dissector disseizor disseminator distributor divisor dominator donor effector elector elevator elucidator emulator enactor equivocator escheator estimator exactor excavator exceptor executor (law) exhibitor explorator expositor expostulator ...
— Division of Words • Frederick W. Hamilton


Words linked to "Depressor" :   nervus, depressor nerve, tongue depressor, device, skeletal muscle, depressor muscle, nerve, depress


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