Compressor

{kom-pres/-or) [comprimere, to pre together]. I. An instrument for compre ing an artery, vein, etc. 2. The term is also applied to muscles having a compre ing function. C. sacculi laryngis, the inferior arytenoepiglottideus muscle. See Muscles, Table of. C. urethral. See Muscles, Table of. Conarium \ko-na’ ’-re-uni) [novapiov; dim. of utivog, a cone]. The pineal gland. 203