"levator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɪˈveɪ.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ/ [General-American] Forms: levatores [plural], levators [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|levātor||one that lifts or raises}} New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”), {{doublet|en|lever}} Doublet of lever Head templates: {{en-noun|levatores|s}} levator (plural levatores or levators)
  1. (agent noun) One who, or something which, lifts something else, as:
    Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
    Tags: agent
    Sense id: en-levator-en-noun-en:type_of_muscle Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ator Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ator: 50 50
  2. (agent noun) One who, or something which, lifts something else, as:
    A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps.
    Tags: agent Coordinate_terms (type of instrument): instruments used in general surgery
    Sense id: en-levator-en-noun-en:surgical_instrument Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ator Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ator: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'type of instrument': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: levator labiorum Related terms: elevator, elevate, levitator, levitate, lever (alt: doublet)

Inflected forms

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