Levator is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 228 anagrams from letters in levator (aelortv).
1605-15; New Latin, special use of Medieval Latin levātor one who raises (levies) recruits or taxes (Latin: mitigator), equivalent to Latin levā(re) to raise + -tor -tor
levator muscles that raise an organ, and Depressors that depress it.
The right eye was partially closed, but could be opened by the levator palpebræ superioris.
The needle is then again carried through the levator palpebr, palpebral ligament, and orbicularis in the upper part of the wound.
The levator palpebrae superioris is paralysed, and the resulting ptosis completes the picture.
In sewing up, it is important to reunite the cut edges of the levator ani, or pelvic weakness will result.
The levator coccygis, together with the two muscles mentioned above, is responsible for elevation of the tail.
The levator palpebræ was normal, but spasm of the orbicularis held the eye firmly closed.
Grafting of part of the superior rectus muscle into the lid to take the place of the levator palpebr superioris.
The levator palpebræ superioris acted very slightly; the right, however, better than the left.
The levator coccygis is less altered in different species of the family than is the lateralis caudae.