levator
nounUK /lɪˈveɪ.tə/ · US /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ/
Etymology Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever.
› One who, or something which, lifts something…
1
Agent Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
2
Agent A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps.
- Derived terms
- levator labiorum