depressor
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
Types & categories
- skeletal muscle hypernym
Related & opposite
- depress derivation
Sense 2 noun
any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves
Types & categories
- nerve hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- tongue depressor hyponym
Related & opposite
- press down derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | depress |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | skeletal muscle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | nerve |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | press down |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tongue depressor |