0 a muscle that pulls down part of the body --
1 a medical tool used to push parts of the body out of the way during an operation: --
a tongue depressor
2 a nerve that reduces the activity of an organ --
For infants, passively elevating the tongue tip with a tongue depressor may reveal the problem.
The depressor mandibulae of toads rely on this mechanism to produce catapult-like tongue projection.
His first invention, as a child, was for a lighted tongue depressor that his father, a local physician, could use.
Examples range from simple devices such as tongue depressors, medical thermometers, and disposable gloves to advanced devices such as medical robots, cardiac pacemakers, and neuroprosthetics.
This receptor subtype is found in both the rostral ventro-lateral pressor and ventromedial depressor areas of the medulla oblongata.
The bolt's smoothness is also increased with a unique cartridge depressor, the cartridge depressor stays in place independent of the bolt's position.
The and series are depressor consonants, whereas are not.
However, the tone on the "dla" of "ukudlala" is low as a result of the depressor consonant "dl".
