Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, that which relaxes or loosens: the opposite of
tensor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A
muscle whosecontraction loosens some part.
Etymologies
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From Latin laxare, laxatum, to loosen.
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Examples
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The three muscles which regulate the tension of these membranes are termed the _tensor tympani, laxator tympani_, and _stapedium tympani.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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