Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Anatomy A muscle that raises a bodily part.
- noun A surgical instrument for lifting the depressed fragments of a fractured skull.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, that which raises or elevates, as various muscles of the human body: opposed to depressor.
- noun A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.
- noun (Surg.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy
lifting muscle
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a muscle that serves to lift some body part (as the eyelid or lip)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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• The Canine (one-third of people): Here a particular muscle (called the levator labii superioris, for you anatomy junkies) is dominant and exposes the canine teeth before the full smile.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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• The Canine (one-third of people): Here a particular muscle (called the levator labii superioris, for you anatomy junkies) is dominant and exposes the canine teeth before the full smile.
You Being Beautiful Michael F. Roizen 2008
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This pain often gets worse during bowel movements because of pressure on a muscle in the pelvic floor called the levator ani.
Science Blog BJS 2010
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This pain often gets worse during bowel movements because of pressure on a muscle in the pelvic floor called the levator ani.
innovations-report 2010
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A new study conducted by Italian researchers, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, finds that biofeedback is more effective than two other treatments for a type of chronic rectal pain called levator ani syndrome.
innovations-report 2010
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This pain often gets worse during bowel movements because of pressure on a muscle in the pelvic floor called the levator ani.
innovations-report 2010
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CHAPEL HILL -- A new study conducted by Italian researchers, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, finds that biofeedback is more effective than two other treatments for a type of chronic rectal pain called levator ani syndrome.
Science Blog BJS 2010
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A new study conducted by Italian researchers, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, finds that biofeedback is more effective than two other treatments for a type of chronic rectal pain called levator ani syndrome.
innovations-report 2010
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Or I guess I mean hell's summer, her nasal bone burrowed into my levator, her wet smile making the hairs along my neckline straighten, each one exclamated with a goosebump.
Pectoralis Minor Johnny Dantonio 2010
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The two straighten, then bow, then sit up, ocular level again, she pounces, wilting him at the levator.
Kissing Cobras 2010
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