Hyphenation of depressor

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word depressor? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-pres-sor

Definitions of depressor:

1.	Any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
2.	Any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves
3.	A device used by physician to press a part down or aside

Synonyms of depressor:

noun	depressor muscle, skeletal muscle, striated muscle
noun	depressor nerve, nerve, nervus
noun	device

Last hyphenations of this language

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