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Depressor

n.
  1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.
  2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part.
    3. Depressor nerve (Physiol.),
    a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart.