depressomotor

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adjective

Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement.

“Bromides are depressomotors.”

OriginEnglish motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor →
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Meanings

adjectivedepressomotor (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineDepressing or diminishing the capacity for movement.

    Depressomotor nerves lower or inhibit muscular activity.

noundepressomotor (plural depressomotors)

plural depressomotors

  1. medicineAny agent that depresses the activity of the motor centres.

    Bromides are depressomotors.

Origin

  1. Englishdepress
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  4. Proto-Italic*moweō
  5. Latinmoveō
  6. Latinmōtor
  7. Middle Englishmotour
  8. Englishmotor
  9. Englishdepressomotor

From depress + -o- + motor.

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APA

depressomotor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depressomotor

MLA

“depressomotor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depressomotor. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depressomotor,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depressomotor.

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