(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:00:24

De*press"or (?), 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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