depressor -
a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
depressor -
any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
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
depressor -
any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves