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Definition of 'tongue depressor'. tongue depressor (tÊÅ dÉªprÉsÉr ) Word forms: tongue depressors. countable noun. A tongue depressor is a medical instrument that is used to press a patient's tongue down so that their mouth or throat can be examined more easily. [medicine] Dr. Avery took the tongue depressor out of Rae's mouth.
depressor muscle, superciliary a name applied to a few fibers of the orbital part of the orbicular muscle of eye that are inserted in the eyebrow, which they depress. depressor muscle of angle of mouth origin, lower border of mandible; insertion, angle of mouth; innervation, facial; action, pulls down angle of mouth.