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
Examples of levator in a Sentence
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Levator Syndrome Levator syndrome describes rectal pain that comes and goes due to spasms of the levator ani muscle, which forms a large part of the pelvic floor.
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Korin Miller, Health, 13 July 2023
Types of levator syndrome include proctalgia fugax and coccydynia.5
Proctalgia fugax causes fleeting pain in your rectum, whereas coccydynia causes pain in the region of your tailbone.
—Korin Miller, Health, 13 July 2023
In order to perform the full legendary ritual, the executioner would be faced with obstruction from the shoulder blades and deeper back muscles and would hence need to sever the trapezius muscle and the underlying levator scapulae muscle in order to expose the ribs.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2022
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
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
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
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
Korin Miller, Health, 13 July 2023
Types of levator syndrome include proctalgia fugax and coccydynia.5
Proctalgia fugax causes fleeting pain in your rectum, whereas coccydynia causes pain in the region of your tailbone.
—Korin Miller, Health, 13 July 2023
In order to perform the full legendary ritual, the executioner would be faced with obstruction from the shoulder blades and deeper back muscles and would hence need to sever the trapezius muscle and the underlying levator scapulae muscle in order to expose the ribs.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2022
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
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
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
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
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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
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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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