• (n.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid. • (n.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.
(lә-va´tor) a muscle that elevates an organ or structure. an instrument for raising depressed osseous fragments in fractures.
Le·va'tor (le*vā'tŏr) noun [ New Latin , from Latin levare to raise. See Lever , noun ] 1. (Anat.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid. 2. (Surg.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depr...
Type: Term Pronunciation: le-vā′tŏr, tōr Definitions: 1. A surgical instrument for prying up the depressed part in a fracture of the skull. 2. One of several muscles with an action to raise the part to which it inserts.(muscle) Type: Term Definitions: 1. a fasciculus occasionally passing from the thyrohyoid muscle to the isthmus of the thyroid gland. Synonyms: musculus levator glandulae thyroideae, elevator (muscle) of thyroid gland, Soemmerring muscle
levator, lifter.
noun a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip)
Latin = elevator.