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Webster 1913 Edition

(lē̍-vā′tŏr)

Noun.

[NL., fr. L.

levare

to raise. See

Noun.

]

(Anat.)

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

(Surg.)

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

Noun.

[L. from levo, to raise.]

In anatomy, 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.