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le⋅va⋅tor

  [li-vey-ter, -tawr]
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–noun, plural lev⋅a⋅to⋅res  [lev-uh-tawr-eez, -tohr-] .
1. Anatomy. a muscle that raises a part of the body. Compare depressor.
2. Surgery. an instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.
Origin:
1605–15; < NL, special use of ML levātor one who raises (levies) recruits or taxes (L: mitigator), equiv. to L levā(re) to raise + -tor -tor
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le·va·tor   (lə-vā'tər)   
n.   pl. lev·a·to·res (lěv'ə-tôr'ēz, -tōr'-)

  1. Anatomy A muscle that raises a bodily part.

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


[New Latin, from Medieval Latin levātor, one that raises, from Latin levāre, to raise; see lever.]
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Main Entry: le·va·tor
Pronunciation: li-'vAt-&r
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural lev·a·to·res /"lev-&-'tOr-(")Ez/ or le·va·tors /li-'vAt-&rz/
: a muscle that serves to raise a body part —compare DEPRESSOR a
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levator le·va·tor (lə-vā'tər)
n. pl. lev·a·to·res (lěv'ə-tôr'ēz)

  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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