different between repressor vs depressor

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?s?(?)

Noun

repressor (plural repressors)

1. Anything that represses.
2. (genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re?pres.sor/, [r??p??s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re?pres.sor/, [r??p??s??r]

Noun

repressor m (genitive repress?ris); third declension

1. restrainer, represser
2. limiter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• repressor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• repressor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• repressor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From depress +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??p??s.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??p??s.?/
• Rhymes: -?s?(?)

Noun

depressor (plural depressors or (muscle) depressores)

1. Anything that depresses:
   1. (anatomy) Any of several muscles whose contraction pulls down a part of the body.

      Hyponyms: depressor anguli oris, depressor labii inferioris, depressor septi nasi, depressor supercilii, tongue depressor

      Antonym: levator

   2. (neuroanatomy, physiology) A nerve or nerve fiber that decreases the activity or the tone of the organ or the part it innervates, such as lowering the blood pressure.

      Hyponym: vasodepressor

   3. An instrument used to push something out of the way during an examination.

Translations

References

• “depressor”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “depressor”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

From d?press? (“press down, weigh down frequently”) +? -or (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de??pres.sor/, [d?e??p??s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?pres.sor/, [d???p??s??r]

Noun

d?pressor m (genitive d?press?ris); third declension (Late Latin)

1. that which presses down or depresses; depressor

Inflection

Third-declension noun.