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levator (n.)
1610s in anatomy, "type of muscle that raises or elevates," from medical Latin
levator
(plural
levatores
) "a lifter," from Latin
levatus
, past participle of
levare
"to raise, lift up; make lighter" (see
lever
). Opposed to
depressor
.
