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tongue depressor

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tongue depressor noun
plural tongue depressors
tongue depressor
noun
plural tongue depressors
Britannica Dictionary definition of TONGUE DEPRESSOR
[count] US
: a thin piece of wood that is rounded at both ends and that a doctor uses to press down on a patient's tongue when looking in the patient's throat
called also (British) spatula