[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person or thing that depresses.", "Surgery.an instrument for pressing down a protruding part, as a tongue depressor.", "Anatomy.a muscle that draws down a part of the body, as the corner of the mouth. Compare levator .Also calleddepressor nerve. a nerve that, when stimulated, induces a decrease in activity, as a slowed heartbeat.", "a muscle that draws down a part of the body, as the corner of the mouth. Compare levator .", "Also calleddepressor nerve. a nerve that, when stimulated, induces a decrease in activity, as a slowed heartbeat."]}]