laxator

English

Etymology

From Latin laxare, laxatum (“to loosen”).

Noun

laxator (plural laxators)

1. (anatomy, dated, deprecated) A muscle whose contraction loosens some part. Modern anatomy general defines this as a group of tendons.

Related terms

• lax
• laxative
• laxity

See also

• levator

References

• “laxator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

laxātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of laxō