levator

About 0.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.
2. noun Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
3. noun A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps.

Similar words

periurethral palpebra ani bulbi menti operculi palpebrae scapulae ventralis lifter

Often followed by

ani scapulae palpebrae labii muscle anguli aponeurosis palati veli muscles

Word family

levatores levators