tongue depressor
tongue depressor · tongue depressors
языкодержатель
Mundspatel
A long narrow smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for…A long narrow smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity.
» The dentist uses a tongue depressor.
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2 sensesA long narrow smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity.
(uncommon)Any device used to depress the tongue.
Mundspatel
языкодержательjazykoderžatelʹ
a thin depressor used to press the tongue down during an examination of the mouth and throat
Examples
2 sentencesThe dentist uses a tongue depressor.
The doctor used a tongue depressor to examine the patient's throat.
deEinen Spatel zu Hilfe nehmend, sah der Arzt dem Patienten in den Rachen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
device used to depress the tongue:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device used to depress the tongue:
Forms
plural: tongue depressors| Singular | tongue depressor |
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