Levator

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:51:52

Le*va"tor (?), 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.

 

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