levator
noun
le·va·tor
li-ˈvā-tər 
plural levatores
ˌle-və-ˈtȯr-(ˌ)ēz
or levators
or levators
: a muscle that serves to raise a body part compare depressor
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Types of levator syndrome include proctalgia fugax and coccydynia.
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Korin Miller, Health, 13 July 2023
Ptosis surgery involves tightening the levator muscle, which lifts the eyelid.
—Dagny Zhu, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2023
Your levator scapula muscle attaches at both the neck and the shoulder, and tightness in it can be a common cause of nerve pinches that moves pain down the arm.
—Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 17 Jan. 2023
But the key finding was that the levator anguli oculi medialis muscle, or LAOM, is nearly absent in wolves.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 June 2019
As might be expected from animals so closely related, all the musculature was exactly alike except for the levator muscle, which none of the wolves had.
—James Gorman, New York Times, 17 June 2019
The jaw muscles were also significantly enlarged in the cannibals, especially the jaw-closing levator mandibulae, whose bulging appearance reminded me of a kid with six pieces of Dubble Bubble jammed into each cheek.
—Bill Schutt, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2019
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Korin Miller, Health, 13 July 2023
Ptosis surgery involves tightening the levator muscle, which lifts the eyelid.
—Dagny Zhu, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2023
Your levator scapula muscle attaches at both the neck and the shoulder, and tightness in it can be a common cause of nerve pinches that moves pain down the arm.
—Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 17 Jan. 2023
But the key finding was that the levator anguli oculi medialis muscle, or LAOM, is nearly absent in wolves.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 June 2019
As might be expected from animals so closely related, all the musculature was exactly alike except for the levator muscle, which none of the wolves had.
—James Gorman, New York Times, 17 June 2019
The jaw muscles were also significantly enlarged in the cannibals, especially the jaw-closing levator mandibulae, whose bulging appearance reminded me of a kid with six pieces of Dubble Bubble jammed into each cheek.
—Bill Schutt, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2019
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“Levator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/levator. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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levator
noun
le·va·tor
li-ˈvāt-ər
plural levatores
ˌlev-ə-ˈtōr-(ˌ)ēz
or levators
or levators
li-ˈvāt-ərz
: a muscle that serves to raise a body part
Medical Definition
levator
noun
le·va·tor
li-ˈvāt-ər
plural levatores
ˌlev-ə-ˈtōr-(ˌ)ēz
or levators
li-ˈvāt-ərz
or levators
li-ˈvāt-ərz
: a muscle that serves to raise a body part compare depressor sense a
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