Definition of levator

< Levant morocco

levee >

le·va·tor    (l-vtr) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. lev·a·to·res  (lv-tôrz, -tr-) KEY 

1. Anatomy A muscle that raises a bodily part.
2. A surgical instrument for lifting the depressed fragments of a fractured skull.

---

ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin, from Medieval Latin levtor, one that raises, from Latin levre, to raise ; see lever