DEPRESSOR MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depressor muscle mean? 

• DEPRESSOR MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun DEPRESSOR MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down

  Familiarity information: DEPRESSOR MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPRESSOR MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

depressor; depressor muscle

Hypernyms ("depressor muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)