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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Your healthcare provider may notice the change in appearance by looking in your mouth with a tongue depressor and a small light.
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Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 11 Feb. 2025
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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Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 11 Feb. 2025
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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“Tongue depressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tongue%20depressor. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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