DEPRESSOR


Meaning of DEPRESSOR in English

/ dɪˈpresə(r); NAmE / noun

= tongue depressor

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent. (in the general sense someone or something that depresses ): from Latin , from depress- pressed down, from the verb deprimere press down.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.