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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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Next, gently retract the lips with a tongue depressor to examine the anterior buccal mucosa and gingiva.
Oliver couldn't protest around the plastic-and-alcohol taste of the tongue depressor.
There wasn't a stethoscope, tongue depressor, or thermometer in sight.
I asked him as I readied the tongue depressor in one hand and steadied my penlight with the other.
The most common instrument for this examination is a tongue depressor which is used in conjunction with a light or other viewing device.
Make a buttonholer from a tongue depressor or craft stick with a loop of string through a hole in one end of it.

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