What does levator mean?
Definitions for levator
lɪˈveɪ tər, -tɔr; ˌlɛv əˈtɔr iz, -ˈtoʊr-le·v·a·tor
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Princeton's WordNet
levatornoun
a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip)
Wiktionary
levatornoun
lifting muscle
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
LEVATORnoun
A chirurgical instrument, whereby depressed parts of the skull are lifted up.
Etymology: Lat.
Some surgeons bring out the bone in the bore; but it will be safer to raise it up with your levator, when it is but lightly retained in some part. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
Webster Dictionary
Levatornoun
a muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid
Levatornoun
a surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull
Etymology: [NL., fr. L. levare to raise. See Lever, n.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Levator
le-vā′tor, n. that which raises (of a muscle):—opp. to Depressor. [L. levāre, to raise.]
Entomology
Levator
a muscle that raises an organ or a part.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of levator in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of levator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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