depressor
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7.7
- noun
- /dɪˈprɛsər/
- Specialized
:
músculo depresor
- The depressor anguli oris is responsible for pulling down the corners of the mouth.
- depressor anguli oris
- depressor anguli
Examples
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The doctor explained how different depressor muscles affect facial expressions.
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Quadriplegics have weak arm extension and shoulder depressor function.
Academic text (1991) -
I open wide, as though I'm awaiting a tongue depressor.
Fiction book (2002) -
Tongue depressors.
Fiction book (2002) -
The frontales creases his forehead (Figure 4), and the depressor anguli oris pulls down the corner of the mouth in a sad rictus.
Academic text (1995) -
Between 24 and 26 mm, the zygomaticus major, the depressor anguli oris, and the buccinator appear. Between 27 and 45 mm, the frontalis and zygomaticus minor appear.
Academic text (2003) -
During the anatomy lesson, we studied how the depressor muscle lowers the jaw.
Synonyms
A muscle that pulls a part of the body down
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.0
A thin flat stick doctors press on the tongue to check the mouth and throat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Depressor comes from the parts de- 'down' and the same root as press 'to push down'. So a depressor muscle is one that pulls or presses a body part down, for example lowering the jaw or the corner of the mouth.