attollent
nounEtymology From Latin attollens, present participle of attollo; ad + tollo (“to lift”).
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Obsolete A raising or lifting muscle.
attollent
adj/əˈtɒlənt/
Etymology From Latin attollens, present participle of attollo; ad + tollo (“to lift”).
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Obsolete Lifting up, raising (said of muscles, especially the levator palpebrae superioris ).
- And here I might instance the peculiar and artificial structure of the trochlearis, and the augmentation of its power by the trochlea; the magnitude and strength of the attollent muscle, somewhat exceeding that of its antagonist1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC: