levator
Americannoun
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Anatomy. a muscle that raises a part of the body.
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Surgery. an instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.
noun
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anatomy any of various muscles that raise a part of the body
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surgery an instrument for elevating a part or structure
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Etymology
Origin of levator
1605–15; < New Latin, special use of Medieval Latin levātor one who raises (levies) recruits or taxes ( Latin: mitigator), equivalent to Latin levā ( re ) to raise + -tor -tor
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That disgusted snarl is controlled by a muscle called the levator labii superioris – the movement of which is seen as the unique facial expression for disgust.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2019
Another 41 percent suffered tears to their levator ani muscle, which forms the majority of the pelvic floor and is situated on either side of the pelvis.
From US News ● Aug. 4, 2016
The levator muscles in the back of her eyes that extend up to the upper eyelid were not contracting, thereby not pulling up her eyelids, Severinac said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 25, 2014
The pelvic diaphragm, consisting of two paired muscles, the coccygeus and the levator ani, forms the pelvic floor at the inferior end of the trunk.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
He contracted his levator palpebrae superioris, raising his upper eyelid.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Coccygeal Body This is a small median body, about the size of a pea, situated in front of the apex of the coccyx and between the insertions of the levatores ani muscles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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