Usually means: Tool to hold down tongue.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word tongue depressor:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. tongue depressor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tongue depressor: Merriam-Webster
  3. tongue depressor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tongue depressor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tongue depressor: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tongue depressor: Vocabulary.com
  7. tongue-depressor: Wordnik
  8. tongue depressor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tongue depressor: Wiktionary
  10. tongue depressor: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. tongue depressor: Dictionary.com
  12. Tongue depressor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. tongue depressor: Rhymezone
  14. tongue depressor: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. tongue depressor: FreeDictionary.org
  16. tongue depressor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. tongue depressor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tongue depressor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. tongue depressor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. tongue depressor: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tongue depressor: Urban Dictionary

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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.

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