levator palpebrae superioris

noun
/lɪˈveɪ.tɚ pælˌpiˌbɹi sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.ɪs/US

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin levātor palpebrae superiōris (“lifter of the superior eyelid”).

Definitions

  1. A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid…

    A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.

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