Definition of Depressors

1. Noun. (plural of depressor) ¹

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Definition of Depressors

1. depressor [n] - See also: depressor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Depressors

depressor anguli oris
depressor fibres
depressor labii inferioris
depressor muscle
depressor muscle of epiglottis
depressor muscle of eyebrow
depressor muscle of lower lip
depressor muscle of septum
depressor nerve
depressor nerve of Ludwig
depressor reflex
depressor septi
depressor septi muscle
depressor supercilii
depressor supercilii muscle
depressors
depressure
depressured
depressures
depressuring
depressurisation
depressurisations
depressurise
depressurised
depressurises
depressurising
depressurization
depressurizations
depressurize
depressurized

Literary usage of Depressors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monthly Review of Dental Surgery by British Dental Association (1876)
"The depressors of the lower jaw, viz., the anterior belly of the digastric mylo-hyoid ami genio-hyoid, were very much atrophied by fatty degeneration, ..."

2. The Dissectors' Manual of Practical and Surgical Anatomy by Erasmus Wilson (1854)
"It draws also upon the angle of the mouth, and is one of the depressors of the lower jaw. The transverse fibres draw the angle of the mouth outwards and ..."

3. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"The lateral and the torsion actions of the two depressors nullify each other, ... (Acting as depressors mainly when eyes are directed to right. ..."

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