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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word tongue depressors:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. tongue depressors: Collins English Dictionary
  2. tongue depressors: Vocabulary.com
  3. tongue depressors: Wiktionary
  4. tongue depressors: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tongue depressors: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See tongue_depressor as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tongue depressor)

noun:  A long narrow smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity.
noun:  (less commonly) Any device used to depress the tongue.
▸ Also see tongue_depressor


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