dictionary help| hypotensor --> depressor | medical dictionary |
1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.
2. <anatomy> A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part.
<physiology> Depressor nerve, a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart.
(01 Mar 1998)
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