tongue depressor

tongue depressor

English

Noun

tongue depressor (plural tongue depressors)

1. A long, narrow, smooth piece of wood designed to depress the tongue, to allow for examination of the rear of the oral cavity.
2. (less commonly) Any device used to depress the tongue.

Translations

piece of wood

Finnish: lasta (fi) Irish: spadal teanga m

Turkish: dil basacağı (tr)

device used to depress the tongue

French: abaisse-langue (fr) Greek: γλωσσοπίεστρο (el) n (glossopíestro)

Russian: языкодержатель (ru) (jazykoderžatelʹ)

Further reading

• tongue depressor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia