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Levator

Levator \Le*va"tor\ (l[-e]*v[=a]"t[o^]r), n. [NL., fr. L. levare to raise. See Lever, n.]

  1. (Anat.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.

  2. (Surg.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
levator

from medical Latin levator "a lifter," from Latin levatus, past participle of levare "to raise" (see lever).

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levator

n. (context anatomy English) lifting muscle

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Usage examples of "levator".

Her levator palpebrae muscles have to work hard to keep her eyes open.

He also gives an instance of congenital paralysis of the levator palpebrae muscles in a child whose vision was perfect and who was otherwise perfect.

It is lodged just at the external edge of the levator anguli scapulae, and it presents no particular interest to the philosophical surgeon, but for the fact that it is lodged in a most romantic frame.