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Definition of: levator
(lə·vā′tər) noun plural le·va·to·res (lev′ə·tôr′ēz, -tō′rēz) or le·va·tors
1. Anat. A muscle that raises an organ or part.
2. Surg. An instrument for lifting up the depressed part in a fracture of the skull or in trephining. [<LL, a raiser <L levare raise]
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