levator (redirected from levator muscles)

levator /le·va·tor/ (le-va´tor) pl. levato´res  

1. a muscle that elevates an organ or structure.

2. an instrument for raising depressed osseous fragments in fractures.

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le·va·tor (l-vtr)

n. pl. lev·a·to·res (lv-tôrz)

1. A surgical instrument for lifting the depressed fragments of a fractured skull.

2. A muscle that raises a body part.

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levator

[livā′tər] pl. levatores

Etymology: L, levare, to lift up

1 a muscle that raises a structure of the body, as the levator ani raises parts of the pelvic diaphragm.

2 a surgical instrument used to lift depressed bony fragments in fractures of the skull and other bones.

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levator

pl. levatores [L.]

1. a muscle that elevates an organ or structure, e.g. the levator labii muscle.

2. an instrument for raising depressed osseous fragments in fractures.