English Explanatory Dictionary

levator palpebrae superioris

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.

Pronunciation

/lɪˈveɪ.tɚ pælˌpiˌbɹi sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.ɪs/

Word forms

levator palpebrae superioris levatores palpebrarum superiorum

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin levātor palpebrae superiōris (“lifter of the superior eyelid”).

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