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Levator

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Le‐va″tor (lē̍‐vā″tŏr), n. [NL., fr. L. levare to raise. See Lever, n.] 1. (Anat.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.

2. (Surg.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.