attollent

attollent
attollent /ə-tolˈənt/
adjective
1. Lifting up, raising
2. (usu attollˈens; of a muscle) involved in raising or lifting up (medicine, anatomy)
noun
(usu attollˈens) a muscle that raises
ORIGIN: L attollēns, -entis, prp of attollere to lift up, from ad to, and tollere to lift

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