levator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

One who, or something which, lifts something else, as:
Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps.

/lɪˈveɪ.tə/ /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ/

levator levatores levators

Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever.

depressor

elevator elevate lever leverage levitator levitate levity

levator labiorum

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