levator

Noun

Meaning

A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.

A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

locator lifter brawn lift muscle reader shaft elevator muscular riser hoist biceps sphincter reliever rectus
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Antonyms

depressor smooth muscle

Hypernyms

muscle musculus

Related terms

lever elevator leverage elevate levitate levity

Phrases with the word

levator scapulae levator veli palatini muscle levator labii superioris muscle levator palpebrae superioris muscle levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle of the nasal wing and flap levator anguli scapulae

Anagrams

Tervola

Examples

The upper third are the levator ani muscles (transcervical, pubocervical ) and the sacrocervical ligaments; these areas are also described as the cardinal ligaments laterally and uterosacral ligaments posterolaterally. Source: Internet

Aranzi discovered the 'Nodules of Aranzio' in the semilunar valves of the heart and wrote the first description of the superior levator palpebral and the coracobrachialis muscles. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

levatinib Levatino levation levator anguli oris levator anguli oris muscle levator anguli scapulae