tongue depressor

noun

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

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If scraped off using a tongue depressor, the underlying skin on the tongue will be red and inflamed. Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024 There's truly nothing like licking that paper lid, then shoveling that tiny tongue depressor into a child-sized serving of vanilla or chocolate ice cream. 07 Corn Dogs Like the Coca-Cola cake, there's some discussion as to whether the corn dog originated in the South. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023 Additional tools include tweezers, a tongue depressor (which also doubles as a finger splint), thermal blanket, cold pack, and tweezers. Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023

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Medical Definition

tongue depressor

noun
: a thin wooden blade rounded at both ends that is used to depress the tongue to allow for inspection of the mouth and throat
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