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What is a tongue depressor?

What is a tongue depressor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
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The most common instrument for this examination is a tongue depressor which is used in conjunction with a light or other viewing device.
Next, gently retract the lips with a tongue depressor to examine the anterior buccal mucosa and gingiva.
He opened a clear jar on a nearby counter and pulled out a simple wooden tongue depressor.
Something to spread the mixture with like a tongue depressor, popsicle stick, cheese spreader or spatula.
Oliver couldn't protest around the plastic-and-alcohol taste of the tongue depressor.
This problem was solved when I glued a wooden tongue depressor to the pieces.

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