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levator

UK/lɪˈveɪ.tə/US/lɪˈveɪ.tɚ/

levator noun: any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.

Noun

levator (plural levatores or levators)

  1. (agent) Any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
    Antonyms:
    depressor
  2. (agent) A surgical instrument (tool) for lifting things, such as bone fragments or tissue flaps.
    Antonyms:
    depressor

levator meaning in Tamil

levator in Tamil

உயர்த்தி, தூக்கி, நிமிர்த்தி, விரிப்பி, நெம்புகால், மலிழுக்கும் தசை

Antonyms of levator

Forms of levator

plurallevatores
plurallevators

Origin of levator

Borrowed from New Latin levātor (“one that lifts or raises”). Doublet of lever.

Words formed from levator

Phrases with levator

Words that rhyme with levator

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Questions about levator

What does levator mean?
Levator means any of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
What is levator in Tamil?
Levator in Tamil is உயர்த்தி, தூக்கி, நிமிர்த்தி. See Levator meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is levator?
Levator is a noun.
How do you pronounce levator?
Levator is pronounced /lɪˈveɪ.tə/ (UK).
What is the plural of levator?
The plural of levator is levatores.

Words near levator in the dictionary

  1. Levasseurs
  2. levatinib
  3. Levatino
  4. Levatinos
  5. levation
  6. levator
  7. levator anguli oris
  8. levator ani
  9. levator ani syndrome
  10. levator costae
  11. levator labii superioris

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Adapted from Wiktionary: levator (page history and authors); levator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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