"tongue depressor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tongue depressors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tongue depressor (plural tongue depressors)
  1. A long narrow smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity. Translations (piece of wood): βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), բահակ (bahak) (Armenian), lasta (Finnish), spadal teanga [masculine] (Irish), dil basacağı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-tongue_depressor-en-noun-hfc8Fw5p Disambiguation of 'piece of wood': 100 0
  2. (less commonly) Any device used to depress the tongue. Tags: uncommon Categories (topical): Medical equipment Translations (device used to depress the tongue): βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), abaixallengües [masculine] (Catalan), špátle [feminine] (Czech), abaisse-langue (French), Mundspatel [feminine, masculine] (German), γλωσσοπίεστρο (glossopíestro) [neuter] (Greek), szpatułka [feminine] (Polish), kopystka językowa [feminine] (Polish), языкодержатель (jazykoderžatelʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tongue_depressor-en-noun-rPAUl-JX Disambiguation of Medical equipment: 14 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'device used to depress the tongue': 16 84

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "piece of wood",
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