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- - deprecatory
  - depreciate
  - depredation
  - depredator
  - depress
  - depressant
  - depressed
  - depressing
  - depression
  - depressive
  - depressor
  - depressurize
  - deprivation
  - deprive
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depressor

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
depressor/dɪˈpresə(r)/

▶noun

1 Anatomy a muscle whose contraction pulls down a part of the body.

2 Physiology a nerve whose stimulation results in a lowering of blood pressure.

3 an instrument for pressing something down.

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