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levant morocco | levanter | levantine | levari facias | levation | levator | leve | leveche | levee | leveful | level

levator

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Noun
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le=va=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

levatorn. [NL., fr. L. levare to raise. See Lever, n.].
  •  A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

levator, n. a muscle that lifts the structure into which it is inserted.

Etymology
L, = one who lifts f. levare raise

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