levator palpebrae superioris

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ pælˌpiˌbɹi sʊˌpɪɹ.iˈɔɹ.ɪs/

levator palpebrae superioris (plural levatores palpebrarum superiorum)

1. (anatomy) 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.

   Hypernym: levator

   Coordinate terms: levator anguli oris, levator ani, levator costae, levator labii superioris, levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, levator prostatae, levator scapulae, levator veli palatini

• “levator palpebrae superioris”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.